PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan
yesterday set an age barrier for a possible successor if he wins re-election,
saying that anyone above 57 years would not receive his support in 2019.
Speaking at a campaign rally in
Lafias, Nasarawa State the president also disowned the governorship aspiration
of his former minister of information, Mr. Labaran Maku, affirming he never
supported his move from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The President also promised to give
special attention to Nasarawa State on account of what he said is the proximity
of the state to Abuja.
Giving his determination to support
power transfer to the younger generation, the president said: “We want to
encourage young people because the future belongs to them. We will not take
leadership from you because you are the leaders of tomorrow. The
director-general of my campaign organisation, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, has mentioned
that my successor is going to be a younger person and that is what we will do.
‘’If you look at how we are going
you will find out that what he said is true. Obasanjo was 70 when he was
elected, the late President Yar’Adua was in his early 60s, I am about 60. So
the PDP is grading down from Obsanjo to me.(VANGUARD)
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