An elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has mentioned for the time being, no person has higher possibilities of defeating President Bola Tinubu within the 2027 presidential election.
Yakasai acknowledged this in an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.
He additionally mentioned that as a key member of the Arewa Consultative Discussion board, he was not conscious of any discussion board the place a place was taken by the north supporting a candidate from the zone for the 2027 presidential election.
“I haven’t heard anyone making any proposition concerning the 2027 presidential election from the Arewa Consultative Discussion board.
“What’s tagged the Arewa Consultative Discussion board or Northern Elders Discussion board’s place is mere particular person opinions, as a result of all sections of the north haven’t taken a stand on this,” he mentioned.
Yakasai mentioned that Nigerians ought to wait till the northerners meet and formally take a place.
” In Nigeria in the present day, Bola Tinubu is the president. He has his ministers and governors who’re backing him.
“Who else has all that it takes to maneuver into the competition with the form of stamina and power to be extra profitable comparatively with Tinubu?” he requested.
Yakasai mentioned that other than the ruling All Progressives Congress, which controls the vast majority of states, another governors from the opposition events are nonetheless supporting Tinubu.
“We must always all wait and see if the image will change drastically; in any other case, for now, the percentages are in his (Tinubu’s) favour as a result of I’ve not seen something that may stop him from successful the subsequent election.
“He hasn’t achieved something towards the north in my understanding, and the north alone can’t determine who turns into the president of the nation,” he mentioned.
In line with him, the disaster rocking a few of the main opposition events has additional softened the grounds for Tinubu to win in 2027.
When it comes to the evaluation of the administration within the final two years, Yakasai mentioned that he wouldn’t achieve this for now.
He, nonetheless, suggested Nigerian politicians to all the time have the curiosity of the lots on the centre of their actions and plans.
“Our legislators ought to see politics as a dynamic recreation, and what I’ll advise is for them to play the sport on the idea of ideology and programmes.
“Allow them to envision the way in which they need the nation to be and never goal being ministers, governors and president.
“After turning into all these and nothing is finished within the curiosity of the nation, we is not going to get higher.
“They need to eschew politics of ethnicity and faith as a result of not making our nation the focus of our politics has held us down for therefore lengthy,” he mentioned.
On the components he might attribute his longevity to, Yakasai, who would flip 100 years previous in December, mentioned it was a present from God.
He mentioned that his father died on the age of 107 years and that his mom died at virtually 100 years, including that the mixed results of the 2 might need equally contributed to his longevity.
“My youngsters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are greater than 80 and nonetheless increasing. I give glory to God for these,” he mentioned.
