By KEMI KASUMU
As decision year for who gets what presidential ticket in any of the two leading political parties in the country to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari come 2023 comes to a start in 34 days times, the permutations are now considering the former people’s Governor of Imo State, Chief Rochas Anayo Okorocha, as the man from the South East region, who can be trusted with the very highly powerful office.
This was as the wind to this regard started to blow from the angle of some Northern groups, represented by the pan Arewa group, Coalition for Arewa APC Group and Civil Society, which on Wednesday in Kano, endorsed the current Imo West Senator, Okorocha, for the presidential election, whichever way it comes.
The Arewa group at the end of its one day public lecture, which was held in Kano, said the former Imo State governor is the man the north can trust.
The submit, which attracted thousands of Senator Rochas Anayo Okorocha’s supporters across the North, acknowledged that no politician in the class of Senator Rochas Anayo Okorocha invested in the North like him.
Okorocha, asides being a Northern son and major investor, is also popular for being the most detribalised Igbo man in Nigeria, has produced over 10,000 graduates across Nigeria through his philanthropic Rochas Foundation, given free education from primary to university, and all of whom are always ready physically and in the spirit to stand behind him to see him succeed in anything he lays his hands in the country.
Alhaji Sadiq Abubakar Yusuf, National Coordinator of the group in an address at the well attended political gathering, said no politician in recent history has sacrificed his all for the unity of this country like Senator Okorocha.
He said, Okorocha has done so many things that most of his companions has not done, He built 12 schools out of which 6 are located in the north. We are not only here to endorse him but to celebrate this quintessential Arewa friend that invested in her education like no other.
The National coordinator said “It is therefore, our sincere conviction and assessment of prominent politicians and notable personalities across Nigeria that Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha is the best man for the job of leading this country come 2023.
Alhaji Yusuf explained that “Senator Okorocha has distinguished himself in the last four decades by contributing his quota towards socioeconomic and political development of Nigerians, especially the downtrodden in education, vocation, infrastructure and shelter.“
Yusuf queried Who among his compatriots has done more to Nigeria like we have seen with
Okorocha.
In a paper presented at the ceremony, Professor Aliyu Jibia described Senator Okorocha as a pillar of Education in Nigeria, adding that the profilation of his schools are glaring testimony of his commitments to make Nigeria work.
Professor Jibia explained that Chief Okorocha ” has soft spot for the north and “we see him more as one of us than anyone from other part of the country. “
The academic maintained that for us to recover lost ground, “chief Okorocha is the answer for 2023, because he doesn’t discriminate against Nigerians.“
