Fellow progressives, I am honored to join you the members of our great and progressive party, the APC, in the historic city of Jos on the fertile and beautiful Plateau as we formally flag off our 2023 Presidential Campaign to elect the Tinubu/Shettima ticket.
To our host, the governor of Plateau State Simon Lalong and the DG of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) we thank you for the excellent work that you are doing and for hosting this important event.
Nearly 30 years ago, in this very city, this very stadium the progressive party of that day gathered to select a presidential candidate for their party, the then SDP. Many present here today participated in that event.
That we gathered here today in Jos is not by accident. We honor the tradition and history of the progressive cause in Nigeria by being here today. But we do even greater honor to that cause and to the welfare of the nation by working in unity and by working hard so that the APC records victory in February.
Today, we launch this presidential campaign to move Nigeria forward, We are confident in the quality and quantity of the work we have done to advance and promote the national purpose during the past seven and a half years.
We have given primacy to agriculture and the farmer, by establishing policies that promote food security and rural development. Our infrastructural programme has been unprecedented. We have been unrelenting against terrorism, pushing them further and further back.
I can say we have truly set a firm and durable foundation for future progress and growth that will endure well beyond our administration, setting the tone for years and decades to come.
Every good foundation deserves a good building on top of it. Whether it is a home for a family or the governance and policy structure of a nation.
Our nation now faces a pivotal decision. Whether it wants to complete the building of that good and decent home by voting for Asiwaju Tinubu and Senator Shettima. Or does the nation want to forfeit its chance to attain its better self by squandering its votes on the likes of the PDP and others who have no good ideas on intentions of our precious nation and her people.
We the APC speak in terms of governance , progress and service to the electorate. For in this all important journey, it is the will of the people that is sovereign and abiding.
We serve at their will and as a party we are dedicated to serve for their collective well being.
