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Yahaya Bello officially declares to run for 2023 Presidency

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The race for the 2023 Presidency is increasingly becoming interesting following the declaration of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, of his intention to vie for the position.

The governor made his intention public at the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Saturday, to end speculations about his plan.

The event was attended by some eminent Nigerians including Senator Jonathan Zwingina and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, among others.

In his address at the forum, Zwingina said the governor tackled insecurity in Kogi, adding that the state would have been a breeding ground for kidnappers and bandits without his intervention.

The governor in his address promised to create a country of millionaires in order to boost the economy.

Bello said: “According to a BBC report of February 13, 2012, over 100 million Nigerians lived in extreme poverty during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) era.

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“In 2018, with APC in the saddle, that figure has dropped to about 87million people, yet Nigeria overtook India as the poverty capital of the world. Just this month, Nigeria through the effort of the President relinquished the title back to India and brought down the figure to about 70million people.

“It is, therefore, clear that our path to national prosperity lies in pulling millions of Nigeria out of poverty.

“The Buhari administration has a target of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by the year 2030. A Yahaya Bello presidency will have an additional target of creating 20 million millionaires by the same year 2030 with the aim that each of them will empower five other citizens.”

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, the daughter of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, was named the Director-General of the Yahaya Bello presidential campaign organisation.

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