Political gladiators loyal to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday launched the VP’s campaign movement for the 2023 presidential election.
They called the movement The New Nigerian Tribe.
Speaking at the well-attended event, which was held in Kano, House of Representative Member representing Tarauni LGA, Hon. Hafiz Kawu declared that “Professor Osinbajo is a loyal and dependable Nigerian who has all that it takes to lead the country.”
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The launch of VicePresident Osinbajo’s Campaign Movement comes less than a week after theNational Leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his decision to throw his hat into the ring.
Kawu, who was a Person Assistant to the VP between 2015 and 2019, added that Osinbajo believes in the youths of Nigeria and that is why most of those that work with him are below the age of forty.
He insisted that the VP believes in one Nigeria. While speaking at theevent, leader of the group, Senator Olusola Adeyeye insisted atthe event that of all those who have declared interest in the nation’s top job, Osinbajo remained the best, describing him as a “tested and trusted hand, withthe right temperament, the intellectual fire power, and governance ethos bestsuited for this moment”.
He said too often, “Nigerians have been promised better governance by individuals who have continuously preyed on the legitimate desires of the people for their conditions to beimproved, the very reason Osinbajo’s aspiration comes as a breath of fresh air.”
“For me, it is an easy choice to make. For millions of Nigerians, given a chance, it should equally be an easy choice to make except that many aremired in pessimism that arose from wanton betrayal by governments.
”For the new Tribe here gathered plus millions of our cohorts all over Nigeria, our choice is clear and simple. It is Vice President Osinbajo!”
Adeyeye explained that Osinbajo’s suitability for the nation’s top jobwas not in doubt given that his rise to prominence is not a fluke or a nationalinfatuation but the consequence of his remarkable skills.
According to him, Osinbajo hasall that it takes — “a keen intellect, noble intentions and the wit andgrace to express them in ways that have inspired millions across the country.
“Osinbajo has a rare gift exactly suited to the fearful times — he knows the language of reassurance and hope.
Whatever Osinbajo says is carefullyconsidered, whether in private discourse or in public fora, Osinbajo has beenthe voice of moderation, combining common sense and compassion on issue afterissue”.
He posited that in this trying period, Nigeria needs a Statesman whoenvisions Nigeria as a self-sufficient, self-sustaining, upper middle tiercountry in the shortest possible time and not some selfish leaders that have beenpulling the nation back.
“I believe that the moment is here. I believe that the new tribe hasbeen prepared for this moment and that you will step up, in different parts ofNigeria, as enablers of this moment,” Adeyeye said.
The Osun State born politician who noted that Kano was picked for the launch of Osinbajo’s campaignmovement because of its history of activism, level of political awareness andits massive votes that have always come as a political tide to push Nigeria inthe right direction, said the numbers, political culture and resourcefulness of the people of Kano will serve as the raw materials for the future thatNigerians so desperately desire.“
“The choice of Kano as the place to launch the new tribe is symbolic and historic. In Kano we find the numbers, the richness of culture and resourcefulness that will serve as theraw materials for the future we so desperately desire.
“Kano speaks to our past,the present and our future in unique and evocative ways. It is appropriate thatit is in the city of Kano that we today launch the birth of a new tribe thatwill herald the birth of a new Nigeria,” Adeyeye said.
Notable politicians present at the event include former Deputy Governor of Kano State, Hafiz Abubakar, former Kano State House of Assembly member,  Hon. Aliko Mukhtar Shuaibu  and long time political player Hon AbdulRahman Baffa Yola.
