Despite the denial of nursing presidential ambition come 2023, supporters of the presidential bid of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday announced that it has raised the sum of N67 million for his Presidential project.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the Director of Communications of Emefele Support Group, ESG, Ms Benigina Ejima said that the target of the group was to raise the sum of N100 m for the Presidential bid of Emefele while the members of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) were expected to contribute N25,000 each.
The money being raised by the group according to the spokesperson, would be for the purchase of his All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Presidential Nomination Form respectively
The supporters, under the aegis of Emefiele Support Group (ESG), at a press briefing in Abuja, also said they are targeting N100 million before the end of next week.
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The group maintained that the emergence of Emefiele would douse tension and agitation in the South East and the country in general
The group added that all importers and other Nigerians who have benefitted from the CBN’s initiatives and interventions under the leadership of Emefiele were also expected to make the freewill donations.
According to her, “As of today, we have received donations from our members of young professionals and other concerned groups to the tune of N67 million and some fraction.
”We are hopeful that by next week we would have succeeded in raising the sum of 100 million naira. This will enable us to purchase the APC Expression of Interest and Presidential Nomination Form which we already project that this sum will be sufficient.
”We are expecting the contributions from our rice farmers’ members who Nigerians know benefited immensely from the Agricultural interventions of the CBN and have also had a bountiful harvest.
”Once their contributions arrive before the end of the week, we are hopeful to hit our set out target by next week.
”By that next week, we will be expecting the contributions from our Lagos based importers whose businesses have benefited from the CBN initiatives who have indicated their interest also in supporting Mr Emefiele.
”We are confident that we may even surpass the 100-million-naira target for the form and for this we are grateful to all our members for their contributions to this worthy cause.
“To ensure that members out of passion for their benefactor do not affect their businesses, we placed a cap of N25, 000 as the highest amount any member could donate and the response as you all can see has been quite encouraging.”
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