2019: North working to have someone younger than Buhari—Yerima, Arewa leader

AMID ongoing debate on President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspected re-election bid, President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, Alhaji Shettima Yerima has cautioned against voting for anyone between the age of 70 and 80 years, lamenting that Buhari’s perceived failure is being considered as the failure of the north.

Specifically, Yerima said northern youths would consult with their southern counterparts to come up with a candidate, who is younger than Buhari.

In an exclusive chat with Saturday Vanguard, he said the North is disappointed at the President’s performance, adding that the leader Nigeria deserves in 2019 should be a detribalised Nigerian.

He said: ‘’ Even before former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote that letter, we knew that the hope of Nigerians had been dashed. Government policies have not shown any sign of bringing the country out of the woods. Rather than going forward, we are retrogressing with the government blaming everybody except itself.

Vanguard, February 3, 2018

 

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