2023: Jonathan’s campaign posters flood Kano

Presidential campaign posters of former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, dotted major streets in Kano, Kano State.

The posters with inscription “2023 Jonathan Goodluck, Our hope, Our solution” were strategically pasted within and around Kano business district that housed half of the city population.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the 2023 presidential campaign posters of Jonathan, but a number of support groups have sprung up in the city, drumming support for the return of the former President.

However, a pan Arewa group, Jonathan Dawo Dawo Network (JDDN), headed by Isa Musa Karkasara, recently issued a statement in Kano and declared support for Jonathan’s candidacy.

JDDN, in the statement titled, ‘Why Jonathan’s candidacy is an option for better Nigeria’, said Nigeria was at cross road, adding: “We need a man of candour whose experience on area of self-discipline, national life to navigate us from troubled water.

“Our current situation at best can no longer be trusted in the hands of ill experienced politicians whose contact and influence radiates within shallow boundaries.”

The group further said Jonathan “is a quintessential statement whose approach to exercising power and authority had in no small way boost participatory democracy in Nigeria.”

It added: “At this auspicious time of our national life, we need a personality whose understanding of the polity will guarantee right to stability.

“Nation-building thrives on inherent nationalism, self-discipline, and policies that identify limitations of state power.

“Jonathan’s commitment to nation-building as exemplified over non-criticism of sitting and former leaders are pointer that his love for Nigeria is unique.

“Managing a secular state like Nigeria is certainly not for the loud mouth, we must recognize it’s a job for a renowned team player like Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

“We in the North were there for him before, and we are set to mobilise resources to bring him back to continue national sacrifice. In effect, we call on Nigerians to join us in this quest for better Nigeria. ”

The Star