Northern older folks look for agreement presidential hopeful

Taking measures to create an accord presidential possibility for the 2019 races, a few senior citizens of the north have likewise constituted a few boards of trustees to discover answers for the difficulties confronting the locale.

A board of trustees is to be set up to pursuit and present an accord contender for the 2019 presidential decision.

The gathering was president over by pioneer of the Northern Elders Forum, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, on Saturday in Abuja.

The select older folks talked about different procedures for achieving an agreement and the reception of the accord hopeful.

According To  Punch, others at the gathering were a previous National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Bello Mohammed; a previous Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ibrahim Mantu, and Senator Paul Zannan.

Others are a previous legislative leader of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu; Senator Bala Mande; Senator Solomon Ewuga; a previous Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ango Abdullahi; a previous legislative leader of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa; an unmistakable legal counselor, Prof. Awwal Yadudu, and Alhaji Bala Mohammed.

"Our principle distraction is the way to join the North to relate better with whatever remains of Nigeria on a shared view.

"We are a political gathering however non-fanatic (nearly) all political gatherings were here, we are battling for solidarity of the nation we are not having anyone as a main priority, we need to have a typical reason," Yakassai said.

Mohammed, a previous Minister of Defense, said the discussion was met "after due thought of the current political circumstance in the nation."

A dispatch issued toward the finish of the gathering, uncovers that they likewise set up a board to take a gander at the attractive quality or generally of the rebuilding of Nigeria.

They said this was to recognize the fulfillment of self-administration of the Northern locale in 1959.

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