The national leader of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Senator Bala Mohammed, has described the party’s presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, as a man with a ‘remarkable résumé’ and the experience required to lead Nigeria in 2027.
Mohammed, a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is now the Bauchi-South senatorial candidate of the APM, is also the Governor of Bauchi State.
He spoke in Abuja on Monday during the inauguration of the presidential campaign office of the APM candidate, Makinde, who is the current Governor of Oyo State.
Both politicians were previously members of the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the PDP.
Mohammed said the APM had made the right choice by selecting Makinde, whom he described as one of the best human resources Nigeria had produced at both the sub-national and national levels.
He noted, ‘I am bringing you one of the best human capital Nigeria has ever produced at the sub-national and national levels. That is Engineer Seyi Makinde.’
The Bauchi governor said Makinde had distinguished himself as a ‘mobiliser’, ‘manager of resources’ and engineer, particularly through his achievements in Oyo State since 2019, despite the limited resources at his disposal.
‘This is the mobiliser, the manager of resources, and an engineer par excellence, somebody who used little resources and achieved so much. Where there was active negligence, he brought urban renewal to a level that nobody had ever achieved’, he added.
Mohammed said Makinde’s experience in the oil and gas industry and the private sector, coupled with his knowledge of governance, humility and respect for others, made him suitable to lead the country.
The governor spoke further, ‘He has been in the oil and gas sector, he has been in the private sector, and he has seen it all, with a remarkable résumé that is required to lead this country.
‘He has a fair knowledge of the country, coupled with humility and respect, as well as a deep knowledge of governance.’
The APM leader also said the party remained one of the least-troubled political parties in the country, attributing its relative stability to loyalty, party supremacy, constituted authority and harmony among its leaders.
According to him, the party is offering Nigerians ‘a new lease of life to leadership,’ anchored on tact, intellect, planning, effective deployment of resources and accountability, adding that the APM will campaign across the country under the motto, ‘Nigeria First.’
Mohammed further stated that the APM’s objective was to reset Nigeria and build a country where every citizen, regardless of age or gender, would have the opportunity to realise their aspirations.
‘I think Nigerians would be pleasantly surprised by what my brother, whom I know very well and whom I can vouch for, will do for Nigeria within a very short time to reset Nigeria’, Mohammed remarked.