2023 Presidency: I Will Make Nigerians Millionaires Like Buhari Did – Yahaya Bello

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has promised to uphold the legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari by making Nigerians millionaires if elected President in 2023.

The All Progressive Congress, APC governor stated this on Saturday when he declared his intention to join the 2023 presidential race, Naija News reports.

The 46-year-old governor had made known his intention to run for the Presidency at the Eagles Square in Abuja yesterday.

Naija News understands that Governor Bello is currently serving his second term in office as the executive governor of Kogi State under the umbrella of the APC.

Sharing his manifesto yesterday, Bello said his administration as president of Nigeria, if given the chance, will produce no fewer than 20 million millionaires by the end of 2030.

According to the politician, each of the 20 millionaires would empower at least five other Nigerians.

Governor Bello recalled that statistics had claimed that over 100 million Nigerians lived in extreme poverty during the administration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The presidential aspirant, however, noted that the Buhari-led administration has since reduced the figure to 70 million.

He said: “In 2018, with APC in the saddle that figure has dropped to about 87m people yet Nigeria overtook India as the poverty capital of the world. Just this month, Nigeria through the effort of the President relinquished the title back to India and brought down the figure to about 70m people.

“It is therefore clear that our path to national prosperity lies in pulling millions of Nigeria out of poverty.

“The Buhari administration has a target of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by the year 2030. A Yahaya Bello presidency will have an additional target of creating 20 million naira millionaires by the same year 2030 with the aim that each of them will empower five other citizens.”