A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic party, PDP, Dr Bukola Saraki says Nigerians need a President that has respect internationally because fighting insecurity requires technology and international support.
Dr Saraki said this when he met with the Federal Capital Territory delegates ahead of the PDP’ presidential primary holding in Abuja on May 28 and May 29, 2022.
He said “I will ensure that with technology, everywhere is covered and we can see what is going on in the world today. A lot of you travel and you see it on television that technology has not provided a way in which in your room, you can see any movement. That is what has made our cities thick. My government will ensure that Abuja is like that”
“Today where Nigeria is, 2023 election, we cannot play with it, we cannot just choose anybody. The country is in a very fragile situation. If we don’t put the right person there, God forbid what will happen to Nigeria. Today, Nigeria, unfortunately, we have one of the highest record of kidnapping in the world. We have the highest record of children who are not going to school. We have the highest record of terrorism. We have the highest record of unemployment, we have the highest level of poverty. This is what is happening today.
We must find a president that knows how to rescue Nigeria, you must look at all of us and look at our capacity, measure our capacity, Measure the capacity one who can unite Nigeria because to unite Nigeria, you must check our record. Is this somebody who has been in a position where he has brought people together? You all know because your son or your leader has been in the National Assembly for many years” said Dr Saraki.
“When I’m president, when people want to come and develop in Abuja, they will respect you. You will take real compensation, not the type of compensation they are paying, and I fight for it for you. For those of you who are potential developers, who says that Abuja indigene should not be developers. We will provide support in the housing to enable some of us also to be developers too, you too will be owners of homes” he stressed.
It is my plan for 500,000 housing units every year when I’m President so that more people will have homes.
He said he understood business and he knew how government works because he had been a governor for eight years, he knew how the legislature operates and nobody with his own records.
“We have come together to say, it is a time for North Central. This is not just my own, all of us will be making history, it has never happened before—Our children will continue to thank us for many generations because we made a difference. This ticket is not only my ticket, it is our ticket, all of us shall benefit from it. And that is why the whole 41 delegates here, not one should go anywhere because this is your own” he said.
Dr Saraki told the delegates that they need a president that would encourage people to bring money into Abuja and when they bring money, Abuja would expand and the people would be better off.
“There will be more jobs. Which of these aspirants can do that? You need someone that is courageous and bold and take decisions” the aspirant explained.
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