Heaven won’t fall if another Northerner is elected President – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

Spokesman of the Northern Elders Discussion board (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has stated heaven won’t fall if one other northerner is elected the subsequent President of Nigeria, Pressinformant reported.

He said this whereas delivering a keynote tackle on the maiden Maitama Sule Management Lecture Sequence organised by the scholars wing of Coalition of Northern Teams (CNG) on the Ahmadu Bello College (ABU), Zaria, on the weekend.

In accordance with Baba-Ahmed, northerners will not be second-class residents and won’t settle for to function a second fiddle in 2023, when the area has the inhabitants to go to clinch the primary place.

“The North isn’t on the market and northerners will shock these waiting for them to queue up in 2023 and be given cash in trade for his or her votes.” he stated.

He stated anybody who doesn’t need a northerner as President ought to depart the nation if one emerges.

Baba-Ahmed additionally charged the scholars to be happy with who they’re, difficult them to not settle for being handled as second-class residents in their very own nation.

“We’ll lead Nigeria the way in which we’ve got led Nigeria earlier than, whether or not we’re President or Vice President, we are going to lead Nigeria. Now we have the vast majority of the votes and the democracy says vote whom you need.

“Why ought to we settle for second class place once we know we are able to purchase kind and contest for firstclass and we are going to win? Why does anyone must threaten us and intimidate us? We’ll get that energy, however be humble as a result of energy comes from God. We inherited management, being trustworthy isn’t being silly

“There are Nigerians who imagine that as a result of the financial system of the North is being crumbled; we’re operating away from insecurity, we’re politically weak, they assume they will purchase us for 2023 however they’re making a mistake

“We’re prepared for this; we are going to contemplate each financial adversity, problem, we are going to repair the Northern financial system and we’re the one one who can repair this Northern financial system. For that purpose, we’re not on the market. We’re within the technique of rebuilding the North and we are going to rebuild the North from 2023

Baba-Ahmed stated whether or not the north holds energy in 2023 or not, anyone who desires to interrupt up on this nation will say so, as they’re simply searching for excuses.

He additionally charged the youths to be energetic in politics.

“Don’t settle for second class standing as a result of you’re a northerner. No northerner is a second-class citizen on this nation. If we wish to help a southerner, we are going to help a southerner as a result of that will probably be in our personal curiosity and we are able to resolve for ourselves.”