February 16, (THEWILL) – The Convener of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof. Ango Abdullahi has called for the need to strategise for the good of Nigeria ahead of the 2023 election.
Abdullahi disclosed this shortly after meeting former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for about two hours in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Tuesday.
This was contained in a release by the Special Assistant on Media to the former President, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Wednesday.
The professor came in company of the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT), Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), Nastura Ashir Shariff and the Director, Action and Mobilisation CNG, Aminu Adam.
He said that although he was aware that things were not good enough for Nigeria but through his contribution and that of Obasanjo, Nigeria could be a good nation as the 2023 election draw nearer
Abdullahi said that he was on the same page with the former president over issues discussed at the meeting for a better Nigeria and prayed for 2023 to bring good tidings for the country.
He said” I’m visiting him to say hello and get a briefing from him on how I feel about the nation. We also briefed him on how we feel about the nation. We compared some notes and we agreed on some grounds.”
“Yes. We are on the same page and Insha Allah it shall be well. We have been having challenges and we have been talking about this.”
“You are in the media and you know what we have been saying about the situation in the country. Things are not good enough and as we head for 2023, we hope to be strategising for the good of the nation”, he added.
