South – South Movement for Tinubu /Shettima (SSMTS) has said the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima are prepared to curtail numerous challenges facing Nigeria.
This was contained in a communique issued at the end of their August meeting held in Warri by executives, senatorial coordinators and delegates from the six states of the South-South – Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, and Edo State.
The group called on Nigerians to support Tinubu’s presidential ambition to be elected president of southern Nigeria in 2023 as expressed by the 17 Southern Governors in Asaba in a2021,
Flanked by other executive members, the National coordinator and secretary of the group, Besidone Samuel Eyengho and Dr Emem Wilcox Wills, while reading out the communique to journalists at a news conference in Warri on Monday, described Tinubu as the best choice and a pan-Nigerian who has raised leaders across the country.
The group urged Nigerians to shun campaigns of calumny against Tinubu and his running mate.
The communique further reaffirmed the health status of Tinubu as sound, saying, he’s hale and hearty contrary to insinuations from opposition that his health is fragile.
“Tinubu is hale and hearty, agile and fit to tackle the challenges and demands of governance.
The communique read in part:
“Stakeholders in the South-South should embrace the ticket to guarantee a prosperous Nigeria.
“Sincere and concerted efforts should be made to return the region fully into mainstream national politics in order to ensure meaningful and accelerated development.
The romance with the PDP since 1999 has failed to attract the much-needed development to the region.
“Tinubu/Shettima will return the country on the path of sustainable peace, socioeconomic growth and development.”
