{"id":93557,"date":"2022-04-02T20:07:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93557"},"modified":"2022-04-02T20:07:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T19:07:10","slug":"2023-yahaya-bello-officially-declares-for-presidency-appoints-hafsat-abiola-campaign-dg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2023-yahaya-bello-officially-declares-for-presidency-appoints-hafsat-abiola-campaign-dg\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: Yahaya Bello officially declares for presidency, appoints Hafsat Abiola campaign DG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has officially joined the 2023 Presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>Bello officially declared his decision to run for the Presidency on Saturday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>His declaration lays to rest speculations surrounding him running for the Presidency in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion was witnessed by mainly Kogi State people, weird looking youths and a number of eminent politicians like Senator Jonathan Zwingina, Femi Fani-Kayode, among others.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking, Zwingina described the Presidential aspirant as a detribalized Nigerian, who governs Kogi with appointees from other states.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nStressing that Nigeria needs Bello as a President, Zwingina noted that the \u201cgovernor uprooted insecurity from Kogi, the state would have been a breeding ground for kidnapping and banditry, but for his leadership skill.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Also, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, daughter of the late MKO Abiola, was unveil as the director-general of the Yahaya Bello presidential campaign organisation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Addressing the audience at the event, Abiola-Costello said her appointment as the campaign DG is a historic achievement and a turning point for Nigerian women in politics.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nDescribing herself as the first female DG of a presidential campaign, she said women will no longer be cooks and singers during presidential campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we start our march to our destiny. We have been sidelined for decades. Since Nigeria\u2019s independence, we have been struggling to put the Nigerian people at the centre of our government. Nigerians are poor but Nigeria is not poor. Nigeria\u2019s money has been stolen, the people are coming under attack on a daily basis,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIt is with all sense of humility and due sense of history that we say to all Nigerians today that the train to our destiny is about to take off. We are all on the march to Nigeria\u2019s true destiny as the greatest Black nation in the world.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI congratulate all the women here. Nigerian women have been made into cooks and singers. Today, I am the first woman director-general of a presidential campaign organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not just cooking, we are not just singing. We are going to build this country.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Today, we signal to all the vested interests in Nigeria that the takeover by Nigerian women, by Nigeria\u2019s young people has begun. Nothing is going to stop our march to Aso Rock in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abiola said she will lead the campaign across the country to canvass support for the Kogi state governor, adding that Bello is the \u201cleader that is coming\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has officially joined the 2023 Presidential race. Bello officially declared his decision to run for the Presidency on Saturday in Abuja. 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