2023: Women Group Urges Adesina To Run For Presidency

A group of women activists, under the aegis of “Women for Secured Nation”, has urged the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, to run for the office of Nigerian President in 2023.
The group made the call in a statement by its Media and Publicity Director, Mrs Judith Onyekwere on Sunday in Benin.
The group described Adesina as the best material that would bring the nation back to relevance, stability and productive economic growth.
“At this point, we don’t just need a politician as president, we need an expert, a technocrat with multinational connection and proven integrity”.
They said Adesina’s experience and track record of achievements, both in Nigeria and beyond, are undisputable assets which any nation, desirous of growth, could not compromise.
Onyekwere, who described the body as non-political, non-partisan, and non-religious but a conglomeration of Nigerian women cutting across all professions, ”is desirous in seeing an upward looking nation with secured economy that could engage our children better and strengthen our middle class for productivity.
“This is why we are calling on Nigeria’s former Agriculture minister to take up the challenge, as call to service, to help rescue Nigeria from its current predicament.
“We can no longer wait for career politicians to drive our national ship to wreck before we call for a rescue.
“At this point, the Nigerian citizens should rise up to help the various political parties to get their candidates, devoid of all tricks, in the interest of our collective future”