Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has declared his intentions to begin consultations to contest for the office of the president in 2023.
The governor stated this while responding to calls by stakeholders and members of his party in the state who endorsed him to be the candidate of People’s Democratic Party-PDP.
He said consultations will commence across the country before declaring his intention to the general public by the end of February 2022.
Earlier, PDP Sokoto State chapter had endorsed the candidature of the state governor as the next president of the country.
Rising from a stakeholders meeting at the party secretariat in the state, a former deputy governor of the state, Barrister Mukhtar Shagari, called on Governor Tambuwal to declare his interest in the presidency.
Shagari who is also a former minister of water resources and a major stakeholder in the affairs of the party in the state said it is time for him to come out and rescue Nigerians.
He assured the governor that his supporters in the state are ready to extend consultations to every part of the country.
Also speaking, Senator Danbaba Danbuwa, representing Sokoto South Senatorial District, who spoke on behalf of members of the National Assembly, said there is no better time for a Tambuwal presidency than now.
According to Danbaba, most of his colleagues in the National Assembly, especially those elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress APC had been calling on him to convince Tambuwal to declare for president.
He revealed that most of the senators irrespective of their political differences promised to support the governor in becoming the next elected president come 2023.
In his remark, a former minister of power, Engineer Bello Suleiman, said Governor Tambuwal is the most qualified candidate for the next election.
Other speakers at the stakeholders meeting include party leader in the state, Alhaji Umar Kwabo, Commissioner for social welfare; Professor Aishat Maidawaki, Commissioner for Youth and Sports; Honourable Bashir Gorau, the chairman of the party in the country state, Honourable Bello Goronyo, among others.
NASIR MALALI