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Home›GENERAL NEWS›I’m more concerned about challenges of nationhood than 2023- Dogara

I’m more concerned about challenges of nationhood than 2023- Dogara

By Abdallah el-Kurebe
August 23, 2020
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Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa-Balewa, Mr Yakubu Dogara has reacted to media reports about contesting presidential election in 2023.

Reports in the social media have indicated that Dogara has Vice Presidential ambition, to run with Ahmed Tinubu in 2023.

However, in a statement by his Spokesperson, Turaki Hassan made available to Ashenewsonline on Sunday, the former Speaker said he is more concerned about the present challenges of nationhood than any ambition.

“It has come to our notice that stories and images are being circulated on social media to the effect that His Excellency, Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara, is running for the office of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for President in 2023.

“Our initial decision was to ignore them since they are utterly baseless but it appears that the promoters of this fallacy are unrelenting in spreading the falsehood and have now succeeded in making it sound believable to the extent that even some conventional and ‘credible’ media platforms are beginning to take it up,” the statement reads.

He urged the general public to disregard what he described as “handiwork of mischief makers”, while alleging that a state government was behind the “mischief.”

“In order to stop the further spread of this deliberate mischief whose objective is yet to be ascertained, the public is hereby, advised to disregard and totally discountenance the purported story and pictures for what they are – handiwork of mischief makers.

“These stories and pictures we understand, are being sponsored by officials of the Bauchi State government in their desperate bid to lend credence to the infantile delusions of their principal, captured in his ludicrous postulations that Rt. Hon. Dogara left the PDP just because he was “deceived” by the APC with the promise of a position come 2023.

“Recall that the Bauchi state Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed had publicly alluded to this and has continued to push these narratives all in an effort to malign and disparage the person of Rt. Hon. Dogara and divert attention of the people from issues of poor governance in the state.

“Twenty twenty three (2023) is still years away and, therefore, it is unnecessary, distracting and insensitive to start making unfounded declarations at this time when all hands ought to be on deck in tackling the challenges of our nationhood.

“Furthermore, to our best knowledge, no political party sells nomination and expression of interest forms for the post of a running mate as he/she is only appointed or selected by a flag bearer. It is therefore preposterous for anyone to claim that someone is running for the position of VP when no flag-bearer has emerged.

“His Excellency, Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara, is busy helping to rebuild and reposition the APC in Bauchi State and wishes to be allowed to focus on just that,” the statement further reads.

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