Youths from the Southeast geopolitical zone have declared support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shetima.
The youths, under the aegis of Conference of South East Progressive Youths (CSEPY), also pledged to support the APC in the zone by ensuring that the candidates of the party emerge victorious in the 2023 general election
The statement reads in part: “At this time in the life of our dear nation, we must jettison sentiments, ethnic and religious affiliations, and opt rather for candidates with pan-Nigerian outlook, urbane, cerebral, track records of achievements, and above all, those with unifying capacities.
“We make bold to say that, a Tinubu/Shettima joint ticket, has all that we have enumerated above, hence our resolve to commit to its actualisation and realisation.
“By benefit of hindsight, we will like to remind Nigerians that it was Tinubu’s dogged spirit, and resilient character, that enabled him to weather the storm of seized Local Government Allocations, brought upon Lagos State by the then President Olusegun Obasanjo-led Administration
On his part, Shettima braved the odds of biting insurgency in Borno State, and enthroned a regime of infrastructure transformation, human-capital development, and religious harmony.
“We, therefore, wonder what other indices are needed to demonstrate capacity and capability to cause growth and development to happen, at a time of want such as we are expressing in the country today”.
we are the Conference of Progressive Youth group in the entire South East, and one of the major decision-making youth body in the zone.
“We decided to meet today in Okigwe, Imo State, to discuss pressing national issues as it concerns Nigerian politics, and have come up with the following positions, which we shall take back home to all our teeming supporters across the states in the South East and Ndigbo outside the zone.
“After due and extensive consultation, we have decided to endorse the presidential candidate of the APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate Alh Kashim Shettima, for the 2023 presidential election.
“Accordingly, we shall mobilise and go all out for the APC in the zone, as that is the surest way the realisation of an inclusive South East”.
“We totally reject the social media presidential candidate from our zone, H.E Peter Obi, because he is not prepared for the highest office of the land, and may just jeopardise our chances of Igbo Presidency.
“Our position is informed by the fact that Obi does not have the national spread needed to win the Presidency of Nigeria.
“We have nothing personal against our son, Peter Obi, but we must say that the Presidency is not for unprepared people; it is for serious people, and requires hard work beyond social media noise
“We appeal to all the people of South East to join hands with the APC-led Government, in order to deliver Senator Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate come 2023.
“Finally we commend Senator Hope Uzodinma, the Executive Governor of Imo State, for all the killings of some
people-centred transformational projects he has been executing in state, even as we note that this is one of its kind in the history of the Eastern Heartland”.
signed by the Southeast youths National President, Barr Emeka kalu,
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