As the 2019 general elections draw near, a number of people have a few questions on their lips, “Who do we vote for?” or “What are our options?” Many are unaware of the options before them and are therefore reluctant to get their PVC’s and actually head out to vote when the time comes. I believe with this comprehensive list many will go and get their PVC in readiness for 2019 elections.
Below is a comprehensive list of everyone that has declared intent to run for the presidency in Nigeria come 2019 as tweeted by Oche Oche-Obe
Kingsley Moghalu – 55 years old
Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at Tufts University
Attended UNN and LSE (PhD)
President of the Institute of Governance and Economic Transformation
Former United Nations official
Former CBN deputy governor
Fela Durotoye – 46 years old
Public speaker and business strategist
BSc. Computer Science and Economics, and MBA/MSc. Business Strategy from Obafemi Awolowo University
Look up the Mushin Makeover Project
Donald Duke – -56 years old
LLB from Ahmadu Bello University, LLM from the University of Pennsylvania
Former Commissioner for Finance and Planning
Former Governor of Cross River
Initiated the Tinapa Free Zone & Resort, and the Calabar Carnival
Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies – 55 years old
Professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education
Degrees from the Universities of Ilorin, Port Harcourt, and Northwestern University
Founded the Agape Bible Church
Muhammadu Buhari – 75 years old
Current President of Nigeria
Military Head of State from 1983-1985
Remi Sonaiya – 63 years old
Retired professor of French Language and Applied Linguistics at Obafemi Awolowo University
Degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University and Cornell University
Was the only female candidate in the 2015 presidential election
Thomas-Wilson Ikubese – 47 years old
Chief Medical Director of Sckye Hospital and Diagnostics Limited
Attended the University of Benin School of Medicine and Surgery
Also a poet, motivational speaker, radio and television presenter
Omoyele Sowore – 47 years old
Founder and owner of Sahara Reporters
Degrees from the University of Lagos and Columbia University
Lecturer at the City University of New York and the School of Arts, New York
Also a writer, public speaker, and human rights activist
Enyinnaya Nnaemeka Nwosu – 40 years old
Former lecturer at West George College
Degrees from Asia State University and Robert Gordon University
Worked with the Royal Bank of Scotland, SERCO Group, the Legal Aid Agency, and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals in the UK
Ahmed Buhari – 40 years old
CEO of Skylar Inc.
Degrees from the Federal University of Technology, and Cavendish College, London
Peter Ayodele Fayose – 57 years old
Current Governor of Ekiti
Impeached as Governor in his first term in 2006
Caught in a 37-minute audio recording of a “vote-rigging meeting” for the Ekiti elections in 2014
Also in 2014, EFCC froze accounts he used to launder ₦4.7billion
Adesanya Fegbenro-Bryon – 59 years old
Chairman/CEO of Mothergold Limited, Chief Responsibility Officer for Mothergold Consulting
Degrees from the University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University
Former regional coordinator for the Department for International Development
Charles Udeogaranya – 46 years old
Former Lagos State chairman of the defunct African Renaissance Party
Now a chieftain of the APC
Mathias Tsado – 41 years old
CEO of Matstrutt Nigeria Ltd.
BSc. Mech. Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Minna
Set up the Hope Platform Initiative
Say he can provide Nigerians with 16-18 hours of constant power within his first two to three years in office
Eniola Ojajuni – 39 years old
Businessman and consultant on imports, exports, and investments
LLB from Lagos State University, MBA from Ghana Business School
previously ran for the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Governorship of Ondo
Olu James Omosule – 48 years old
Attended the City University of New York before dropping out to take care of his ill grandmother
Former Chief Officer for Scope America Outreach in the US
Served as General Manager for several US firms
Tope Fasua – 47 years old
CEO of Global Analytics Consulting Ltd.
Degrees from Ondo State University, London Business School, and Harvard Business School
National Chairman of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)
Also a newspaper columnist and TV analyst
Sule Lamido – 69 years old
Attended Barewa College
Former Governor of Jigawa from 2007-2015
Former foreign minister from 1999-2003
Atiku Abubakar – 71 Years Old
Former Vice President From 1999 – 2007
Founder/Co-Founder of Intels, Adamawa Beverages Ltd. And the American University of Nigeria.
Making his 4th presidential bid under his 4th political party since 1992
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed – 48 Years Old
Degrees from University Of Westminster (Bsc & PhD)
Former Senator representing Kaduna North.
MD of Baze Research and Data Service Ltd
Founder and Co-Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja
Rabiu Kwankwaso – 61 Years Old
Senator representing Kano Central
HND from Kaduna polytechnic, with degrees from middle sex and lough borough Universities
Former governor of Kano
BY MERCY KUKAH
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