The presidential candidate of the leading opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has announced Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate in the 2023 election.
Okowa is the governor of Delta State.
Atiku made the announcement on Thursday at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja.
Present at the occasion were members of the party’s National Working Committee.
Speaking at the occasion, Atiku said Okowa had more than the criteria he required of anyone who would be his running mate.
Said he: “In arriving at the decision, I held wide consultations with various stakeholders in our party including our Governors, National Working Committee, Board of Trustees, and other leaders to seek their inputs and their wisdom.
“In these consultations, I made clear that my running mate would have the potential to succeed me at a moment’s notice, that is, a President-in-waiting.
“In other words, the person must have the qualities to be President. The person must have an appreciation of the deep rot which our country has been put into by the rudderless APC government; understands the great suffering that most of our people are going through and the urgency of relieving them of that suffering; understands the critical importance of economic growth and development to provide our young people with jobs, hope, and a pathway to wealth….
“Please join me in welcoming to the ticket the next Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa.”
