By: Gbenga Akingbule
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday promised massive job creation for Borno and other parts of the country if elected the next President of Nigeria, come February 25 2023 .
Gatekeepers News reports that Tinubu specifically vowed to tackle problems confronting the state with special focus on creating jobs to take care of youths.
The APC Presidential Candidate made the disclosure when thunderous crowd, amongst them thousands of supporters of the governing APC converged on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to attend a campaign rally.
Prior to Saturday’s rally, Asiwaju Tinubu had paid a courtesy visit on the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Umar Garbai Elkanemi, shortly after he was received at the airport on Friday by the State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, APC vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, and many APC stalwarts.
At Saturday’s rally, Tinubu said Borno did something different in the style he was well received in different corners of Maiduguri.
Governor Zulum in his remark persuaded citizens, recalling how the APC led Federal Government under President Buhari transformed the security situation across Borno State, noting that Tinubu would build on that and make Borno better.
“Tinubu would uphold the trust the people of Borno would repose in him by electing him president next Saturday”, Zulum said as he expressed gratitude to the people of Borno State for coming out in high numbers.
Vice Presidential Candidate, Senator Shettima, also thanked residents and promised better days ahead under a Tinubu presidency.
He also pledged that when given the mandate by electing Tinubu as President, the lingering and much talked about oil exploration along the lake Chad Basin would be revisited and ensured its actualization, as, according to him, resumption of the oil exploration in the region will not only generate income, but also provide job opportunities to the teaming youths and women in the state and North East sub region.
Governors Mai Mala Buni of Yobe and Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, who spoke, praised residents for the manner they honoured Tinubu.
Badaru said Borno had proved to be a new lead in high turnout during APC’s presidential campaigns.
