By Jabiru Hassan, Kano.
The National Unity Association (NU) has disclosed that the association would support an Igbo candidate at the forthcoming 2023 presidential election in order to ensure even distribution of power.
In a statement signed by the association’s chairman Alhaji Abdullahi Maigata and issued to newsmen in kano at the end of an understanding meeting, said that Nigeria as a nation consists of many tribes and it is now onto a democratic dispensation therefore an Igbo candidate should be given a chance to rule.
The association which was formed in January 2020, would tour the northern States in order to enlighten the electorate about the needs to support an Igbo candidate and to seek prayers to Nigeria in overcoming it’s problems especially the issue of insecurity which is now a subject of discussion everywhere.
The statement further announced that “the National Unity Association has a members across 19 Northern states and after going round the northern region, we would commence our mission tour to the southern States in order to seek their supports before the general elections”. According to the statement.
In conclusion, the association is calling on the federal government under president Muhammadu Buhari to takes appropriate measures in curtailing insurgency in the country and called for more prayers from all hands to restore peace and unity in Nigeria.
In a relates development, National progressives association(NPA) has announced that an Igbo presidential candidate would receive the association’s support in order to ensure that the dream to enthrone an Igbo president becomes reality especially when this country is getting more united.
The association disclosed that ” We would join hands with other associations to work towards the success of the mission for the progress of Nigeria as a nation, that is why we are now forming an association that would work and act with one voice for best results”. He concluded.
