Hope North central Development Initiative (HNCDI), a pan northern pressure group, has restated their conviction that Àlhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi state, is competent and the most qualified to succeed Àlhaji Umar Ganduje as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
At a press conference held in Abuja recently and addressed by its National President, Alhaji Ayuba Nana, the pressure group whose membership cuts across the North central zone recalled that its members have benefited from Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello generosity and patronage.
They expressed gratitude to the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for sending a powerful birthday felicitations message to the former Governor on his golden jubilee birthday.
The initiative stressed that they were particularly impressed with the President statement that Yahaya Adoza Bello is a quintessential youth leader and administrator.
Ayuba Nana pointed out that based on the assurance, the coast is now clear for Yahaya Bello to lead the APC to victory in the 2027 election.
“He is a material and we strongly believe that with him as our national chairman, our party will move to the next level
“We are aware that pressures from different quarters within and outside the zone are mounting pressure on the gentleman to come out and declare for the national chairmanship seat, considering the fact that the seat has been zoned to the north central region but that he is still weighing the options,” he said.
The initiative admonished Yahaya Adoza Bello to hearken to the voice of the people.
“This is the time, and considering his philanthropic and youth empowerment programme which cuts across the whole federation, the time to make that right decision is now.”
Ayuba Nana extolled the leadership qualities of Yahaya Adoza Bello whose contribution to nation building was fully recognized by the Federal government through the conferment of the National Honours award of the commander of the order of Niger (CON).
Describing him as detribalized Nigerian, the initiative noted that Bello has established himself as a disciplined, focused and consummate politician who can manage people and resources effectively.
“Besides, he has grown hundreds of youths to earn a living through his new direction policies when he was the governor of Kogi state
“We strongly believe that Bello unique selling point is his accessibility, humility and generosity, adding the people of the party should capitalize on his love for the party to convince him to formally declare his interest and jump into the race”.
He noted that Bello’s “cognate experience as the father of modern Kogi state has enabled him to traverse the globe and opening vista of network and opportunities which if eventually elected as the national chairman of the party, the entire people of the party would benefit tremendously.”
On the issue of experience, the initiative pointed out that Bello was well versed in managerial and leadership skills, adding that he can fit into any position of leadership considering his qualifications educationally and administratively.
