A professor of Business Education at the Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, Mr. Mahmood Aliyu, has declared his
intention to contest the 2015 presidential election on the
platform of the All Progressives Congress.
The don made the declaration at a press conference on
Saturday in Minna.
Aliyu said his decision to vie for the presidency was
informed by the agitation for the emergence of new crop of
leaders “to fight the malaise in the country.
He added, There has been an agitation for the emergence of
new crop of leaders by well-meaning Nigerians in order to
take this country out of problems.’’
The aspirant said APC was the only party that would tackle
the current security challenges bedevilling the country.
He said, “An APC government will tackle the security issue
with all the seriousness it requires and deserves.’’
Aliyu, however, called on the national leadership of the APC
to review the N27m fee for picking the party’s presidential
nomination form.
He said, “Our party should have a rethink about the fee for
presidential nomination forms, so that ordinary Nigerians
can afford it.
“Ordinary people, who have something to offer, get scared
by the amount; even the PDP fee is not up to that of our
party.’’
He described as embarrassing, reports that he was being
sponsored by the ruling PDP to run for president, arguing
that he had always been in the opposition since he joined
politics in 1993.

Goodluck to him.