2023 PRESIDENCY: JOIN PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST, Northern Group Urges Okowa ... Says Delta Helmsman Has The Capacity To Tackle Nation's Dwindling Economy And Problems Of Insecurity

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa

"The call on the Delta State Governor has become a "MUST" because we can't allow mediocres from North lead Nigeria again." Northern Group demands.

"The next President must come from the South, the group said it was high time Nigerians began to consider individuals equipped with  good leadership qualities that can be deployed to rescue the country from problems of insecurity, deceit, infrastructure and dwindling economy."

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa has been called upon to join the race for who becomes Nigeria's next President in 2023.

Making the call in Kaduna on Sunday, 13 February 2022, the Arewa People's Progressives Assembly, APPA,  declared that it is joining other concerned Nigerians in the country to ask the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to contest for the coveted seat of the President come 2023.

APPA, in a statement issued and made available to journalists in Kaduna, stressed that "the call on the Delta State Governor has become a "MUST" because we can't allow mediocres from North lead Nigeria again."

Maintaining that the next President must come from the South, the group said it was high time Nigerians began to consider individuals equipped with  good leadership qualities that can be deployed to rescue the country from problems of insecurity, deceit, infrastructure and dwindling economy.

The statement which was signed by its Chairman, Comrade Bashir Ahmadu Ibrahim and made available to journalists, said; "We are saying Governor Okowa Must Contest because, we are yet to see a political figure and leader across geo-political zones of the country that has  these qualities and ability to build bridges of peaceful coexistence such as the incumbent Delta state Governor.

"Nigeria needs a unifying factor, a detribalised and fair minded leader with humility and all sense of leadership direction, to stop the current tension and calls for secession in some parts the country orchestrated by the President Muhammadu Buhari led APC government.

"From information gathered by members of our visitation panel to Southern states, since elected as Governor over the last seven years, he has judiciously used resources of the State to transform Delta State into a haven of infrastructural developments.

"The Panel also discovered how he worked hard to ensure the security of lives and property, human capital and socio-economic developments in the States.

"We need a visionary President with a versatile leadership and administrative  experience to work under pressure to create jobs for our teeming unemployed youths, enabling environment for industrial growth and development, deliver dividends of democracy across all States of Nigeria." The group stated.