2023: Only youths can meet our challenges – IBB

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has drummed support for young Nigerians in the 2023 presidential elections, saying only they can meet the realities of current global challenges.

Babangida made the assertion when forty years old presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba paid him a visit at his Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger State.

Garba, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC is aspiring to become the president of Nigeria.

IBB said the younger generation with their good education, energy and brain have the capacity to effectively run the country compared to the older generation.

He also noted that only the young people can ensure that the vision of the founding fathers of Nigeria is actualized, adding that he has always believed in their potential.

Commending the bravery of the 40 years old aspirant, he stated, “you are the guys who are going to make sure that the vision for Nigeria that our founding fathers believed is realizable, and I have always believed in your potentials’.

“I support your aspiration, all you need to do now is to go out there and mobilize people of like minds and age groups. A lot of us when we entered politics and governance, were about the same age, and with vision, we will move to see Nigeria move forward” he stated

Garba, shortly after meeting with the elder statesman, told journalists he was in Minna to seek the blessings, guidance and support of the former military President on his presidential ambition.

The APC chieftain and 2019 Presidential aspirant decried the polarization in the polity tearing the people apart while calling for a return to the economic integration of the country without rancour.