The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, (AYCF), has vowed to ensure the northern part of the country produces the next president in 2023.
The AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima, said the North would mobilise the people of the region to get their Permanent Voters Cards, (PVCs), to vote for a presidential candidate from the region.
Shettima noted that since politics is a game of numbers, the North would mobilise and ensure they produced Nigeria’s next president.
Countering the call by Southerners for a rotational presidency, Shettima said the North would produce a youthful and capable president in 2023.
“Southern governors need to bring their heads down and lobby, let’s talk, agree and bargain because democracy is all about lobbying, understanding and respect for one another, not by intimidating anybody”, he stated.
On the issue of the ban on open grazing, the AYCF National President said the Southern governors reserved the right to take such a decision.
He, however, charged Northern governors to make provisions for herders to return to the North and continue their business.
Shettima also said Northern governors should have laws that would stop Southerners residing in the North involved in negative businesses.
