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Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has said it was difficult deciding on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Atiku made this known on Thursday, stressing that three eminently qualified persons were recommended, out of which he picked Okowa.
The former Vice President, who spoke at the unveiling of his running mate at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday, said: “It is a difficult decision that I was called upon to take. But, as someone hoping to lead a complex country such as ours, tough and difficult decisions would remain a part of my everyday life.
“Let me, therefore, start this momentous journey with a crucial decision about who, among the eminently qualified shortlist, would be my running mate. Accordingly, let me state that the person I have chosen as my running mate possesses all those identified qualities.
“He personifies not only the seriousness the current moment represents for our country but also the future that our young people yearn for and deserve. He is a serving state governor who has demonstrated, in his state and through his conduct, that governance is about service to the people”.
Abubakar added: “Please join me in welcoming to the ticket the next Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Gov. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa”.