Tinubu, Shettima are God's gifts to Nigeria - Yuguda

• Published date: 18 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Former Bauchi Governor Malam Isa Yuguda has described the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima as God-given gifts to the country.

He spoke on Wednesday at the second symposium of the APC Professionals Forum with the theme: 'Dissecting the Asiwaju Manifesto - Renewed Hope 2023: Action Plan for a Better Nigeria' in Abuja.

Yuguda, who is the chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the forum, said the antecedents of the flag bearers placed them far ahead of all other presidential candidates.

According to him: 'I want to remind all our participants that we have a herculean task before us and the task is to deliver Asiwaju. We need not continue to drum it into the ears of Nigerians who Asiwaju and Shettima are.'

'We have a God-given team in them. They have everything spelt out in the Bible and Koran. They have all it takes as leaders. As human beings, the Almighty God will not come down to tell us the requirements of the person we should put forward as leaders. If we dare make mistakes, the consequences are there for us.

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'We will not give the excuse that we are not guided. And those of you who call yourselves religious leaders, I believe all Nigerians are religious, it is clearly defined as to who the society should go for as the person who will ensure justice and equity.

'These requirements of a leader from the Almighty God are not different from Muslims and Christians. He said anybody that can guarantee justice and equity should be the one we should push forward. That...