Arewa Joint Committee says the region has not endorsed any presidential candidate for the February 2023 general elections. Mallam Murtala Aliyu, the
Arewa Joint Committee says the region has not endorsed any presidential candidate for the February 2023 general elections.
The six presidential candidates of the various political parties, except New Nigerian Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso were at Arewa House, Kaduna on Saturday and Monday for an interactive session with the joint committee comprising of Arewa Consultative Forum , Arewa House, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, the Northern Elders Forum , Arewa Research and Development Project and Jamiyyar Matan Arewa.
It stated that the interactions were not planned with the goal of endorsing a candidate but part of a longer process that plans to generate commitments to address the challenges of the North by candidates that covers a substantial part of the campaigning period. Until the elections in February, 2023, the communique explained that the North would be challenged to raise its vigilance over all electoral activities, saying that it is vital that the region prioritised evidence of competence, integrity, quality of preparation and commitment to address the challenges of the North among candidates.
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