A former governor of Zamfara state, Ahmad Rufai Sani often known as Yarima has declared his intentions to run for Presidency in 2023.
The previous Zamfara West senator who spoke throughout a BBC Hausa Service program "Gane Mani Hanya" in Gusau, the state capital stated, since President Buhari is ending his second time period, he would proceed to pursue his presidential ambition.
"If God spares my life, by 2023 I would go into the contest for the post of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria" Yarima stated.
"I made a vow that once Muhammadu Buhari was aspiring for the position of the President, I will not contest with him. In 2019 election, people asked me to contest I said unless Muhammadu Buhari would not be contesting for the second term I will contest"
"Now that he has been elected as President twice and his tenure is ending up in 2023, I decided to make a public pronouncement that I am contesting for the post of the President come 2023"
Responding to why he's taken with changing into the president of Nigeria Yarima stated, "I served as Governor of Zamfara for eight years, I was in the Senate for twelve years so with the experiences I have gathered, I understand that Nigeria is suffering from two main problems, poverty and illiteracy.
"If government can come up with policies to enhance agriculture and livestock production, support small - scale entrepreneurship and everyone is empowered to do one business or the other, the issue of insecurity and other socio-economic issues crises affecting Nigerians will be addressed".
On why, he selected to aspire for the place of president when he is aware of Buhari got here from the North and from identical geo -political zone with him, Yarima stated "both the constitution of the APC and that of Nigeria does not provide room for zoning"
"If there is room for zoning and the post of the presidency is not zoned to someone's geographical zone, it would be an act of madness for the same person to aspire for the post. The emphasis on both constitutions is "Nigerian regardless of the zone he came from""There is no zoning in APC constitution and even in the PDP constitution and if you insist on zoning, are you going to compel someone whose presidency is not zoned to his own geopolitical area to vote for someone he dislikes?" he requested?