A Christian association under the auspices of the Christian Youth Leadership Network, says Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello is the right choice to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
The group made this known in Abuja on Saturday during the opening of its two-day National Retreat with the theme: “Kingdom Dimension: Effective Leadership and Governance”.
Apostle Faith Eches, Convener of the retreat, said with a youth of Bello’s calibre in the 21st century, Nigeria could change the narratives of the country through effective leadership and governance.
Eches said the kind of President that could actualise the collective dreams of Nigerians and address their challenges was needed urgently for the country.
“Governor Yahaya Bello, considering his leadership strides in Kogi State fits in perfectly for such role.”
Arch. Bishop Jonathan Maji, Chief Missioner and Director, Springs of Life Resource Centre, said the choice of Bello was because he had exemplified leadership in Kogi.
According to Maji, Bello has successfully collapsed ethnicity, ‘godfatherism’, and nipped insecurity in the bud to a certain extent, a prototype of expression of the Nigeria we all dream of.
“He has been able to pull a string that if given the opportunity, being youthful, there is something he can drive home at this time.
“That is why the Christian youths have come out to endorse Gov. Yahaya Bello,” Maji said.
Segun Olonade, Managing Director, Confluence Rice Mill, who also spoke, urged the youth not to sell their future in 2023, but make use of the current opportunity.
Olonade noted that the choice of Bello as “a youthful and capable president” is a fight for a guaranteed future for the generation beyond. He noted that Bello’s ideas of a restructured Nigeria, entailed equal representation of all geo-political zones in his cabinet, a principle he had successfully applied in Kogi.
“In any gathering, if there is a headcount, the age bracket, 18 years to 50 years, will always take 95 per cent, which categorically reveals that the decision for Nigeria can only be made by the majority, not the minority.
“Every fight we decide to fight for this course, especially for youth leadership, is a favour to ourselves and for our children,” Olonade said.
