2023 Presidency: Gov. Mohammed Receives Backing Of South-East Delegates

By Abdullahi idris, Bauchi

Few weeks ahead of the People’s Dem­ocratic Party (PDP) primary scheduled for May 28, 2022, the governor of Bauchi State and presidential aspirant under the platform of the party, Bala Mo­hammed, has received the back­ing of South-East delegates.

Mohammed, who was in the South-East to seek the votes of the delegates ahead of the pri­mary, said that the South-East and North-East are the zones skewed out of power since the return of democracy in 1999.

He assured the delegates that he will support whoever gets the ticket of the party to ensure that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) returns to its opposition status

He told the delegates from Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi states that he will run a knowl­edge-based administration if elected.

He said: “I am presenting myself for election and I seek your support but if I don’t win, I will support the eventual can­didate of PDP because we have to rescue Nigeria.”

Some of the delegates were fascinated when they learnt that under Senator Mohammed as governor of Bauchi State, many Nigerians from all the geo-political zones in the coun­try, including Igbo indigenes, were among his advisers and key government officials.

His campaign organisation has as Acting DG, Prof. Udenta O. Udenta, from Enugu State and other directors and mem­bers cutting across tribes and tongues of Nigeria. They de­scribed him as the unifier need­ed at this time for stabilization of the country.

The governor also thrilled delegates in Enugu and Ebonyi states, telling them he would run an inclusive government if given the party’s mandate and if wins the 2023 presiden­tial election

While addressing hundreds of party delegates from Ebonyi and Enugu, he called on the del­egates to join him in retrieving, rescuing and renovating the country with knowledge-based solutions.

Barring his mind on the degree of reception from the South East, the governor said, “we are delighted by the en­thusiasm and cooperation ex­pressed by the delegates of FCT, Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi.

“It’s incredible how the dele­gates effortlessly connect with my powerful message of hope and national recovery with each region and group contrib­uting their quota to that effort. My presidential campaign is an unstoppable movement with no doubt about it.”

If given the party’s mandate, Bala said he will help in tack­ling the myriads of problems facing the country.

“I am a visionary leader who is fully prepared for nation­al sacrifice, who is tried and trusted and whose compelling life journey and exposure as a journalist, civil servant, sena­tor, minister and governor have equipped me with the skills set to tackle the myriad of frighten­ing problems this clueless APC administration has bequeathed to the nation.