A group known as The North-East Movement has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Dr. Godwin Emefiele to run for president in the forthcoming 2023 elections.
The group, at a political gathering on Thursday in Bauchi, said its members are mobilizing youths as well as other citizens of the state to garner support for Emefiele in order to salvage the country.
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The North-East Coordinator of the movement, Alhaji Abbas Abubakar Aliyu, who spoke on behalf of the group, said their reason for calling on the CBN governor to run for president was in recognition of the laudable achievements and policies he recorded in the apex bank.
He added that CBN interventions such as the Anchor-Borrowers Scheme has helped in massively reducing poverty in the North-East region through the provision of farm inputs and one digit interest rate facility.
“We are here gathered in Bauchi state today to enlighten the general public on the need to call on Mr Emefiele to contest for the seat of the president in 2023.
“However, he needs our support to enable him fulfill his political aspiration. We want him to know that youths in the North-East part of the country are with him and will stand with him through thick and thin.
“We have so many personalities in the country, declaring their intention to contest the seat of the president in 2023, but Dr Godwin Emefiele stands out amongst all of them because of his track record of commitment, hard-work, integrity and patriotism he displayed when he took over the mantle of leadership of the Central Bank of Nigeria during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan and subsequently reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari till date” he said.
The coordinator said the group will carry out massive campaigns in all the 20 local government areas of the state, including door to door campaigns to sensitize citizens of the state on the need to support Godwin Emefiele.
He called on all Bauchi stakeholders, religious leaders, traditional institutions, business tycoons, youth organizations to join forces with The North-East Movement and prevail on Dr Godwin Emefiele, to yield to the audible call of Nigerians and contest for the number one office of this country.
