The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has stated that Nigerians will not vote for anyone who runs for office on principles other than their ability to carry out their duties once elected. This is in advance of the 2023 national elections.
Following his reception at the Government House by Governor David Umahi, who was represented by his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, the former governor of Kano State made the following statement on Wednesday in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State: “Nigerians must elect the next president of the country on the basis of the competence and capacity of the individual and not on the basis of his religion or ethnicity.”
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The presidential candidate went on to say that no one should personalise winning the 2023 presidential election after thanking the government of Ebonyi State for the welcoming attitude shown to him and his team.
Kwankwaso added that the NNPP was giving Nigerians fresh hope and that people who were unhappy with the circumstances may alter the story by electing him president in 2023.
If elected, he promised to address oil theft cases, which have harmed the nation’s economy’s expansion.
“Anybody who goes out and feels that I am an actor now with the face of religion, ethnicity, that person has lost the election even before the date of the election,” he said.
“It doesn’t work that way. I was at the constitutional conference of 1994/1995. We deliberately put that clause in the constitution, and it has always been there since 1979 that nobody can be declared a winner in this country unless he has the highest vote and two-thirds of the 36 states which is 24 states.
“We don’t have 24 states in the north, the entire south does not have 24 states, meaning you have to reach out.”
