The South-South Youth Assembly has stated that former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari is the best candidate for the next Senate Presidency position.
In a statement on Friday signed by its President, Emmanuel Nkpubre, the group stated that Yari is capable and will partner with the president-elect to help the region to fight for resource control.
The group also urged lawmakers from the zone to reject former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, for the position and support Yariโs aspiration.
It also urged Nigerians, particularly the lawmakers to shun sectionalism, regionalism, and ethnicity and focus on developing the nation.
The statement read in part, โThe South-South Youth Assembly notes that since the nation transmuted to democracy, the South-South, South-East and North-Central had occupied the position, except the North West, which overtime had contributed majority votes.
โFrom the Independent National Electoral Commissionโs record, the North-West contributed the majority votes that helped Ahmed Bola Tinubu to win the presidency.
โJustifying its support for the former governor, the group said the time has come โto look inward for somebody, who has the capacity to deliver what has been lacking in the country. Yari is capable and will partner with the president-elect to help the region to fight for resource control.
โYari will partner with the president-elect to fight for us to have the resource control we have been clamouring for. Over time our people have not helped us; it is outsiders that have helped us.
โIt was through President Musa YarโAdua and the help of Olusegun Obasanjo that the zone was able to get the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. We have the hope that Abdulaziz Yari will fight for us to get what we want.
โIt was also through these two presidents that the region was able to get the Niger Delta Development Commission. When Joseph Wayas was the President of the Senate, the region didnโt benefit anything, same thing with President Goodluck Jonathan. His government was not beneficial to South-South. All the gains that the region made came from outsiders.
โWe charge the senator representing us to vote massively for Abdulaziz Yari for Senate presidency and we want to warn that any of them who vote for Godswill Akpabio will not benefit anything from the youths from this region.
โWe donโt want to send somebody there that will disgrace us. We donโt want to send somebody who will not listen to us. This is not the time to play on our intelligence. This is the time to build this country and look for people that are capable.โ