Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, 65, has promised to revolutionize and transform Nigeria if elected President in the 2023 elections.
“I now most solemnly and respectfully seek the support of fellow Nigerians everywhere in this land, and the diaspora, young and old, male and female, in the great and exciting journey that we have ahead of us.
“We will, working together, establish by the grace of God, the Nigeria of our dreams in a few short years. We will build on the foundation laid by our predecessors.
“We will need to move, with much speed, intentionality, and perseverance, towards the vision of a prosperous, stable, and secure nation,” he says in his formal declaration speech.
Osinbajo adds that; “I am convinced beyond doubt that we have the creativity, the courage, the talent, and the resources to be the foremost black nation on earth. Let us now birth the expectations of greatness conceived generations before us.
“Let us build a Nigeria where the man from Nnewi sees the man in Gusau as his brother, where the woman in Warri sees the woman in Jalingo as her sister, where the love of our nation burns alike in the hearts of boys and girls from Gboko to Yenogoa.
“Where everywhere in this land is home for everyone, where our diversities, tribes and faiths unite, rather than divide us.
“Let our tribes become one tribe; the Nigerian tribe, where all are treated fairly, justly and with respect. Where all are given equal access to the abundant opportunities that God has bestowed on this nation.
“May God bless and keep our republic.”
The race for the governing APC presidential ticket is a hotly contested and keenly followed one; with former money-bag governors, ministers and senators all applying for the nation’s top job from the APC platform.
President Muhammadu Buhari, 79, completes his constitutionally permissible two-terms of eight years, on May 29, 2023.
Electoral umpire, INEC, has since issued an election timetable for 2023.
