People blackmailing the APC are enemies of Nigeria and their political calculation wouldn’t work.” “Asiwaju having been a bridge builder knows the implication of Muslim-Muslim ticket. The leader of Young Professionals of Nigeria, Pastor John Desmond, said Nigerians are highly religious and political minded people, Adding that: “The Muslim-Muslim ticket issue is dead on arrival and those speculating it are out to cast aspersion on the person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Some however see the Muslim-Muslim as a booby trap for Tinubu to fail and allow power retained in the north. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has also warned that it would not accept Christian/Christian or Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket in 2023, stressing that it is a threat to the fragile peace and unity of Nigeria.ĬAN, in a statement signed by its national secretary, Joseph Bade Daramola, advised that a balance of both religious practitioners be considered in the choice of running mates of the presidential candidates and said ‘any party that tries same religion ticket will fail. “This seems to be the party’s best bet to winning the 2023 elections as any other consideration would spell danger for the party at the polls as already a section of the country are apprehensive about the possibility of the APC going into the election with Muslim-Muslim ticket.” “Since Tinubu is a Muslim from the southern part of the country, it is expected that for the APC to have a balanced ticket, which it would take to the general election to convince Nigerians to vote for it, that it is only right for the party to balance the presidential ticket with a Christian from the northern part of Nigeria. The Plateau State Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Town Planning, Mr.Yakubu Dati, however disagrees with the Kaduna State Governor, saying that in ”a secular and multicultural country” like Nigeria, it is given that broad considerations should be made to accommodate all interest groups in leadership for equity and fairness not only to be done, but be seen to have been done.Īccording to Dati, “It was this understanding that made the northern APC governors to push for a southern presidential candidate since by 2023, a northerner, President Muhammadu Buhari, would have done eight straight years in Aso Villa. Global issues are affecting us and all people are concerned with who will be president or vice-president.” We face very serious dangers in security and economic meltdown. “The way the media and many irresponsible people try to inject religion into politics and governance is sad and pathetic, and will not take us anywhere. I just want to get to my destination when in an aircraft. When I go to the hospital, I don’t ask for the doctor’s religion, I just want to get well. When I get into a plane, I don’t ask the religion of the pilot. The governor, who has been mentioned as a possible running-mate to Tinubu, said that the media should be on the lookout for competence, capacity, capability and delivery.Īccording to him, “I don’t think we should be looking at religion. Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State however blames the media for the hype on Muslim-Muslim ticket. However, with Tinubu, a southern Muslim, as winner, many in the north believe that it will take only a northern Muslim as running mate to give the party victory. With the agreement by northern governors to throw their weight behind a southerner, eyes were fixed on Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as candidates that would not only receive the endorsement of the Christian community but give APC victory. The emergence of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate for the 2023 general election has thrown up a delicate balance that could make or mar his life-time ambition.
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