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EXPERT: What Nigerians Should Look Out For In 2023 Elections—Mr Harry Udo, a Technical Consultant for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on Friday, advised Nigerians on the kind of leaders to elect in 2023.

He urged the citizenry, particularly the youth, to look at the antecedents of leaders at all levels of governance ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Udo spoke in an interview with the Newsmen in Gombe, on the sideline of USAID’s leadership and management training for 30 Adamawa State government officials.

The programme, which is being implemented through the USAID’s funded Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness (State2State) Activity, is aimed at promoting good governance at the grassroots.

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EXPERT: What Nigerians Should Look Out For In 2023 Elections

Udo said that it was important for Nigerians to critically assess those aspiring to govern them at any level, to ensure that gains of the current administration were not reversed in 2023.

He said that citizens should not consider region of aspiring leaders but their basic traits and capacities, and how well they could deliver good governance based on their performances in the past.

According to him, leadership is not about those with the best pockets but those that understand the challenge, the right ideas and decisiveness to confront the country’s challenges.

Udo, who is also the chairman of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Akwa Ibom, said good governance should be the major criteria for selecting leaders that would occupy various leadership positions in the country.

“Being an elite, having occupied certain leadership positions as senators, ministers, governors or lawmakers does not make one a leader.

“Citizens must consider what they have been able to do, how they have been able to translate promises to respond to the yearnings and aspirations of the people they led within the sphere of their influence.”

He said that Nigerians should listen attentively to aspirants to understand what they were saying and “then check their lifestyle, pedigree, capacity whether they have the right mindset as well as have the people’s interest at heart.”

Udo said Nigeria needed a “transformational leader, a pan Nigerian who is not sectional but loves the masses and can attend to their welfare and wellbeing.”

He said that the challenges of Nigeria were those of leadership, but believed that they were not beyond solutions with the right leaders.

Udo said that progress and development were product of good leadership.

“Take Taiwan’s success and development, it’s leadership, Singapore is leadership, Malaysia is leadership; leadership is very key and Nigerians must be careful while choosing leaders in 2023,” he said

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2027: NASS Leadership Endorses Tinubu

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2027: NASS Leadership Endorses Tinubu—-The leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) on Thursday at the National Summit of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, held in Abuja, endorsed President Bola Tinubu as their sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election.

The endorsement was moved by Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, and seconded by Hon. Tajudeen Abass, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

This followed an earlier endorsement of Tinubu as the sole candidate of the APC in the 2027 by Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo and Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum.

Akpabio moved that Tinubu should be adopted as the sole candidate of the APC for the Presidency in 2027.

“Nigerians are saying that because you have done a difficult job well, that it is time to reward you by sending you back to the Presidency for a second term in office,” he said.

Akpabio said the endorsement was based on the political sagacity of Tinubu, whom he said had been able to set Nigeria on the path of growth as confirmed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

He said Nigerians and people at the grassroots were very excited, and that members of the National Assembly were also excited and had never had it so good.

Abass said he stood on behalf of 109 Senators and 360 members of the House of Representatives, and all the 36 Speakers and their members, to second the motion raised by the president of the senate.

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2027: APC Governors Endorse Tinubu As Sole Presidential Candidate

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2027: APC Governors Endorse Tinubu As Sole Presidential Candidate—-The Progressive Governors Forum on Thursday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Summit held in Abuja endorsed President Bola Tinubu as sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election.

The endorsement, which was moved by Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo and Chairman of the forum Chairman, was seconded by Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State.

Uzodimma, who spoke on behalf of the forum, emphasised commitment to mobilising resources and ensuring victory for Tinubu in their respective states.

The governors expressed confidence in Tinubu’s leadership and reforms, promising to deliver their states in the upcoming elections.

This endorsement follows similar moves by other APC regional leaders, including the North Central governors who recently passed a vote of confidence in Tinubu’s administration, praising his developmental strides and inclusive governance approach.

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