Why Arewa Youths In The North Plot To Settle For Rotimi Amaechi As The 2023 Presidential Candidate

The 2023 presidential election is fast approaching and some support groups are already mobilizing to ensure that the politicians they support contest the 2023 presidential election and also win.

Photo Credit: Vanguard The South is expected to produce the next President and some Southern politicians like Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Rotimi Amaechi are believed to be interested in the 2023 presidential election. A Northern group known as Arewa Youths have settled for the current Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as the 2023 presidential candidate they will support. That will form the basis of our discussion in this article. Why did Arewa Youths pledge their support to ensure that Amaechi succeeds Buhari in 2023?

Photo Credit: The Nation To start with, Amaechi is one of the top Ministers in Buhari's government who many believe has performed well. The rail project which his ministry has embarked on excites many Nigerians. According to Leadership newspaper, Arewa Youths believe that Amaechi has the capacity to develop the country. Another reason this group gave was that Amaechi understands the politics of Nigeria. Some Nigerians may differ with Arewa Youths on this but the fact states that Amaechi has been in politics since 1999. He started as the Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly. He was two-time Governor of Rivers State(2007-2015) and also the Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum. Above all, he led Buhari's campaign in 2015 and 2019 even when some people in South-South were angry that he worked against the re-election of Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. My understanding is that Arewa Youths believe that there is no better way to thank Amaechi for standing behind President Buhari from 2015 to date other than to mobilize for him in the North to ensure that he contests and wins the 2023 presidential election under APC.

Photo Credit: Sun newspaper However, we wait to see if Amaechi can grab the 2023 presidential ticket of APC should he decide to contest.