Northern Elders deny Kwankwaso’s claim of secret endorsement of presidential candidate
by ebor cletus ralph jr
The goal of the interactive session that Arewa Joint Consultative Forum conducted for all of the presidential contenders in advance of the 2023 elections has been made clear by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF).
This was because Musa Rabiu Kwankwanso, the presidential candidate for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), had refused to attend the event, claiming it was planned as a covert endorsement of candidates for the 2023 election.
NEF spokesperson, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who made the clarification via his verified Twitter handle on Sunday, said the session was fundamentally meant to evaluate the candidates about their policies and programmes for Nigerians.
The senior statesman declared that no presidential candidate was being endorsed during the meeting against Nigerians’ wishes.
He insisted that the effort was designed to enhance the accountability value and leadership recruiting process.
He added that all the presidential candidates would be given level playing field at the event.
The tweets read: “Arewa Joint Committee currently involved in engaging some Presidential candidates in full view of Nigerians is credible and transparent. It gives all candidates a level playing field, and it has no leaning towards any candidate. There are Nigerians who can do things with integrity.
“We do not make kings. We try to make candidates available to the citizen to assess and evaluate. We improve the leadership selection process and the value of accountability. We help candidates to understand problems that are peculiar or general to Nigerians. We aid future leaders.”
