2023 Presidency: Niger Assembly Endorses Gov. Yahaya Bello
The Niger state House of Assembly on Thursday in Minna, the Niger state capital overwhelmingly endorsed the Kogi state Governor Yahaya Bello for president come 2023, saying that it is the turn of the North Central to produce the next President.
The House of Assembly took the decision when the 25 members of the Kogi State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Right Honorable Mathew Kolawole Olusola paid an advocacy visit to solicit for the support of the members who are APC members for the candidature of Governor Yahaya Bello as President in 2023.
The 24 members of the Niger State House of Assembly who were present during the advocacy visit resolved to support the ambition of the Governor Yahaya Bello for 2023, noting that the North Central region has been sidelined since the return of democracy in 1999.
The members said that there is the need for all the six North Central region States to queue behind the aspiration of Yahaya Bello for 2023. They asserted that as a young and vibrant governor, and with the “not too young to rule bill” already assented to by President Mohammadu Buhari, he (Bello) remained the best candidate for the number one position in 2023.
After various contributions from the members, all in support of the candidature of Yahaya Bello, the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Right Honorable Bawa Wuse submitted “I will want to adopt all that have been said by my colleagues here today, especially the affirmation of Yahaya Bello for the presidency in 2023. We can assure you of our support for this project”.
Baba Wuse however said that one thing that is key for the success of this project is the need to harmonize the position of the members of the Houses of Assembly of the North Central states, adding that “this must be taken seriously if we must actualize this project.
“We must come together from the North Central states to support this laudable and worthy project for the benefit of the people of the North Central and Nigeria in general.
“We need somebody from the North Central for the Presidency in 2023, so since Governor Yahaya Bello has come out for now, he has our support, he has our endorsement and we will support him”.
Earlier the Kogi State Assembly Speaker, Honorable Kolawole Olusola told his colleagues from Niger state that after the endorsement of Governor Bello by the Kogi State House of Assembly, “we decided to embark on a nationwide advocacy visit to officially notify and to solicit for the support of States Assembly for Governor Yahaya Bello 2023 Presidential ambition”.