Private Sector Icons Would Lead Nigeria Better — Arewa Group

The Arewa Youth Assembly has stated that Nigerians in the private sector are more equipped to run the country, asking some prominent private sector icons to join the 2023 presidential race.

The northern youths said people like Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Mike Adenuga, among others have the managerial prowess to lead the country out of its current state of despair.

The Arewa Group who made the call in a statement entitled, “Private Sector Players to Join the 2023 Presidential Race,” and jointly signed by its Speaker, Mohammed Danlami and National Clerk, Desmond Minakaro, added that political office should not be left to the kind of politicians in the country.

 “In a country like Nigeria that has great and intelligent minds with positive reputations all over the world, the likes of Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, Bode Augusto, Segun Agbaje, Fola Adeola, Tunde Folawiyo, Mr. Atedo Peterside, Kola Adesina, Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Mr. Mike Adenuga, Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, Herbert Wigwe and Aig Imoukhuede, who are boardroom czars with a vast wealth of knowledge on entrepreneurship, why let Nigeria be run by others who lack such knowledge?” it reads.

The group stressed that Nigeria’s economy would do well under any of these names leading the country, the youths noted that they are already employers of labour and will create employment.

“We are calling and pleading with the successful private sector players to join the 2023 presidential race, they need to stand up and be counted,” they added.