Mix reactions as CBN governor Godwin Emefiele join the 2023 general election race~details below
Shocking as Nigerians witness influx of leaders showing interest on the 2023 general even with the high cost of purchase highest from the previous.
Mean while, the Farmers associations in Northern Nigeria have concluded to raise N100 million naira to purchase the 2023 presidential expression of interest and nomination forms for the Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele.
The groups of farmers say they decided to raise the N100 million naira as a means of appreciation for the efforts Mr Emefiele rendered for farmers.
They alleged that Emefiele placed high priority on commodity and agricultural value chain in the country.
One of the coalition leader Ibrahim Garba, speaking with news men, the group is made up of over 30 commodity associations from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Mr Garba stressed that commodity associations are the biggest stakeholders in the country ahead of the 2023 general elections. added that food security is the shortest path to the country’s development.
“Agriculture is the key to achieving national security. Through agriculture, millions of Nigerians are economically empowered and gainfully engaged, our industries are revived, a multifaceted value chain ecosystem created, and food security is ensured,” he said.
He said in the last seven years, Nigeria has carved a niche for itself as a country that has achieved self-sufficiency in food production.
“Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigerians were never in food shortage. We were never hungry even when every country in the world shut its borders for nearly a year.
Only God knows what would have happened if we were importing the food we eat. There would have been war. But that was averted due to the resilience of Nigerian farmers and commitment to agriculture by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration,” one of the farmers leader from the South-east, Madu Ndubuisi, said.
However it was alleged that Some newspapers reported on Friday that the CBN governor had picked the APC nomination presidential form, a claim that eventually proved to be inaccurate.
Recall that Supporters and loyalists of the CBN governor have been pressuring him to join the presidential race.
Posters that indicated that Mr Emefiele was running for the country’s top job started appearing in several cities across the country majorly in Kano few weeks back. not until Mr Emefiele cleared the rumour that he is interested in the presidential race.