Bauchi delegates assures Tinubu victory in the party’s primary

Delegates of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State gave Bola Tinubu a grand welcome and assured him of votes, at the party’s presidential primary.

Tinubu arrived Bauchi in the company of the  former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shetima; immediate past Chairman, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Kashim Imam; former presidential aide, Ya’u Darazo and James Falake.

Bauchi APC chairman, Babayo Aliyu, told Tinubu that even if he had not come to meet with the delegates in the state to woo them for votes, all their votes were already meant for him, assuring that they would remain forever with anyone who remained with them.

The chairman said, “All the delegates are yours, it is only traditional that you come to Bauchi, but even if you didn’t come to Bauchi, I assure you that all the votes of the delegates are yours because you laid the foundation.

“We, Bauchi, are promising people, whoever is with us, we will remain with him forever. I wish you good luck.”

 Tinubu gave a speech saying he had the capacity, quality, and brilliance to govern the country, and that he would give priority to education, security, agriculture, and power generation.

“I am one of those running for the office of the President of Nigeria and with your support, I am very sure, I will win,” he said.

“I’ve demonstrated my capacity, quality, and brilliance in governance in Lagos. I’ve been a very successful private sector person who worked for Exon Mobil as Auditor-General, became the treasurer, and joined politics, this is not a small thing.

“I want to serve my country, nothing more, nothing less. I want Nigeria to change the education of our children, security of lives and property, giving priority to those items. Then, helping the farmers bring commodity exchange, help those who are extremely poor, give priority to education, and give priority to power generation so that we can have industrial growth. These are what I am for, I’m not like the rest of them. I’m a serious-minded man.

“Those who might have known Lagos then and those who know Lagos now will testify that it is a different nation within a country, it’s a state of aquatic splendor. To all of you, I don’t have to sell too much of myself, I have a very good name recognition. I brought the party (APC) together, to be one party that is united and determined to build a nation of great people. We are not poor by all means, we can bring prosperity to Nigeria with brain and thoughts.

“You know me, I don’t break promises, I reward talents, our reward system for hard work will change, you will participate in the government, you will take the benefit of your labour, you will be part of our success, let’s work together.”

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, also admnished the delegates to vote for Tinubu in the party’s primary.

“If we want to develop our oil potential, this is our president. If we want to end the menace of school children dropout that Bauchi is the highest in Nigeria, this is our president. If we want to turn Steyr, Steyr can be revived and turned into a huge military-industrial complex especially now that we are at war everywhere, we can churn out machines like before and the glory of Steyr can come back employing hundreds if not thousands of our children if we want that, this is our president.” Dogara said.