ACF: We Don’t Have Presidential Candidate For 2019

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ACF: we don’t have presidential candidate for 2019

PT candidate Olawepo-Hashim vows to build N4tr economy
THE
mouthpiece of the North, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has
debunked supporting a specific presidential candidate or aligning with
any political party.

ACF stated this at its headquarters in
Kaduna yesterday, when it played host to the People’s Trust presidential
candidate, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, ahead of the 2019 presidential
election.

This was as Olawepo-Hashim vowed that with his over 27
years’ experience in business, where he has invested immensely in
infrastructure and human capital, he would build a N4 trillion economy
for Nigeria in 10 years, to employ 40 million citizens.

Receiving
the presidential candidate alongside other chieftains of the forum,
Acting ACF Chairman Alhaji Musa Liman Kwande said: “We do not align
ourselves to any individual or political party.”

The ACF chair
said what the forum wants to see in presidential candidate is a genuine,
very positive and pragmatic policies and measures to fight corruption,
insecurity, impunity, anarchy and a host of other disingenuous
activities which, if not effectively contained, would certainly be the
bane of the nation’s progress and growth.

According to Kwande,
“ACF, as you are aware, is a non-partisan, non-political, non-religious
body devoid of any ethnic or tribal sentiments. Thus, its status as the
foremost northern socio-cultural organisation, which tries to promote
peace, unity, justice and the rule of law, with the main thrust to
promoting and protecting the interest and development of North and its
people, within the context of one indivisible nation, is not in
question.

“In our non-partisan disposition, we do not align
ourselves to any individual or political party. Rather, we strive to
weigh the scale on what is good for the North in particular and the
overall good of the nation.

“As we hold the belief that every
aspirant to the office of the President of our great country should have
an articulate and thorough blueprint that will catapult the country to
be among the comity of great nations, we expect to see genuinely, the
very positive and pragmatic policies and measures put in place to fight
against corruption, insecurity, impunity, anarchy and a host of other
disingenuous activities which, if not effectively contained, would
certainly be the bane of our progress and development as a people and
one cohesive nation.

“I understand that you have availed yourself
to contest for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria in 2019, under the platform of the People’s Trust (PT). I feel
quite enthused to acknowledge the emergence of new breed politicians
like your humble self vying for the various elective offices in our
nascent democratic dispensation, which, by and large, has the potential
to engender healthy political process as we strive to consolidate on the
achievements recorded so far.

“It is, therefore, significant
under the prevailing situation in our nationhood, to witness-quite-a
prolific array of political formations and platforms under which each
and every Nigerian can have expression. We therefore welcome your
emergence of political parties and your good self as the presidential
candidate of one of the new parties, the People’s

Trust (PT).”

The
forum appealed to leaders of various political parties to ensure they
live by the letters and spirit of the Abuja Peace Accord put up by the
National Peace Committee under the former Head of State, General
Abdulsalami Abubakar, which they all signed and pledged to uphold.

The
PT presidential candidate, who hails from Kebbi State, North-West
Nigeria, harped on the need to unite Nigerians and build a virile
economy that can support the nation’s growing population.

According
to him, “Nigeria has been badly divided more than ever before. So, our
plan is to stop insecurity and return the country to a united nation
like it was at independence. Though, North is the largest part of the
country, but we must unite with smaller units who feel threatened, and
mend the broken bones.”

On the economy, Olawepo-Hashim said there
was too much hunger in the land because the nation’s economy was too
small to take care of its population.

“With my over 27 years’
experience in business, where I have invested immensely in
infrastructure and human capital, I have the experience to build the
biggest economy that can take care of our population. I will build a N4
trillion economy for Nigeria in 10 years, which will employ 40 million
citizens,” he said.

Source:- Thenationonlineng

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