{"id":67907,"date":"2025-06-12T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67907"},"modified":"2025-06-12T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:52:09","slug":"2027-hashim-welcomes-youth-endorsement-hints-at-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/12\/2027-hashim-welcomes-youth-endorsement-hints-at-presidential-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Hashim Welcomes Youth Endorsement, Hints at Presidential Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim<\/p>\n<p>Former presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has welcomed his recent endorsement by youths from the North Central zone, describing it as a timely call to national duty.<\/p>\n<p>He also hinted at a possible formal declaration for the 2027 presidential election before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement shared on his social media platform on Monday, Hashim expressed gratitude to the youth coalition, saying their endorsement reflects a growing national demand for leadership that transcends regional interests and focuses on security, economic revival, and inclusive governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful to the young people of the North Central zone who have endorsed me to contest the presidency in 2027 by the grace of God,\u201d Hashim stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted that they recognize the urgent need for a president who will not just fill a regional quota, but one who will secure all Nigerians, grow our economy, and make Nigeria livable for all who call it home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A former student leader, democracy activist, and successful entrepreneur, Dr. Hashim emphasized that the country\u2019s current economic and security challenges demand bold, principled, and competent leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim Former presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has welcomed his recent endorsement by youths from the North Central zone, describing it as a timely call to national duty. He also hinted at a possible formal declaration for the 2027 presidential election before the end of the year. In a statement shared on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":67908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67909,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67907\/revisions\/67909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}