The 2023 presidential ambition of vice president Yemi Osinbajo received a major boost recently following his endorsement by about 57 youth coalition groups.
The youth coalitions in a statement issued at the end of their meeting with the major Coordinating group for the Osinbajo presidency, The Progressive Project(TPP), on Monday in Abuja, also pledged to mobilize their members to ensure the actualization of the task.
A coalition groups which included students, under the aegis of National Coalition of Nigerian Youths and students said their resolved to endorse Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was part of their strategy to send a message that Nigerian youth cannot afford to remain indifferent to the nation’s political process and its future.
The coalition according to the statement, signed by Festus Ofume, described professor Yemi Osinbajo as the best qualified for the office of the President, adding that “with his intellectual accomplishment, empathy for the younger generation, understanding of the economy and the fact that he has the experience of being an acting President and Vice President with uncompromised passion to consolidate on the achievements of the last seven years.
The groups noted further that “At our enlarged meeting held at Abuja on the 10″ day of January, 2022, we unanimously endorse Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON as our candidate for the top job of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the 2023 general elections; we came to this conclusion after due consultation nationwide and after a thorough assessment of all he has done over the past seven years.
The NACOYS communique also emphasized the necessity for power shift from North to South and the need to pick an experienced and competent person from the north as a running mate towards ensuring further consolidation of Nigeria’s unity as realization of collective aspirations for progress, peace and development.
