Mr Malik Ado-Ibrahim has emerged the 2023 presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP).
He polled 66 votes to beat his rival, Ruby Isaac-Chinenye at the party’s presidential primaries in Abuja.
In his acceptance speech, he promised to address the country’s security challenges, create jobs and revamp the economy if elected to office in 2023.
“We have minds that are young,” Ado-Ibrahim said. “We have people in the North that are doing amazing things in agriculture. I would champion your cause. We will feed Nigeria from the North, we will power Nigeria with the sun from the North, and we will bring it down to the South, to give light to our brothers.
“I promise you, I can do that, I am doing it.
“We are going to show you everything that Nigeria is about. We will show you how to be progressive, how to use technology to make this country better.
In an interview with newsmen shortly after the announcement, Ekiti State Chairman of the party, Owoola Daramola expressed confidence that the candidacy of Ado-Ibrahim would create a new orientation for the country and her people.
Daramola who had been championing the personality of the flagbeaeer assured that Ado-Ibrahim as a successful business mogul has the capacity to turn around the economic situation of the country.
He called on members of the party both in Ekiti State and the country at large to be steadfast, emphasizing that processes have been put in place to ensure victory come 2023.