Senator Bukola Saraki
Senate President and presidential aspirant of Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, excited members of the party in
Lagos as he assured them that he will do everything within his reach to
ensure PDP produced the next governor of the state.
Saraki, who spoke at the PDP secretariat in Lagos State, where he
was endorsed as favourite candidate, said he had the medicine of the man
terrorizing Lagos State who is presumably Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He said: “What you have been fighting for many years, you will
have it during the coming election because you now have somebody that
has intention and charisma to deal with those disturbing you.
“I have a medicine of the man who regards himself as godfather
terrorising Lagos State. We have their formula, come next year, PDP will
take over Lagos.”
On restructuring
Saraki warned Nigerians to be mindful of presidential aspirants promising to restructure Nigeria, if elected president.
He said restructuring agenda was not something a president could
single-handedly promise as it required the input of the legislature.
He said: “Many aspirants will tell you that they will
restructure Nigeria, but don’t let them deceive you because
restructuring is not something only a president can do because certain
laws also need to change.
“So you need a president that has political sagacity to carry
people along. But there are very few aspirants today that possess such
charisma. Once I assume office, I will devolve more powers to the
state.’’
On unemployment
On unemployment, Saraki said no government could create enough
jobs, stressing that it was only private sector that could do so. He
said: “You need a president that can speak private sector language.
So, this is the time to elect the right president to lead the country.
“In Nigeria, we are at the crossroads and we need to save the
soul of this country because we have not been so divided like we are
currently across the country.
In his response, Acting Chairman of Lagos State PDP, Alhaji Wali
Hassan, assured the Senate President of their support, even as he
commended him for the love he had for the party in Lagos.
Source: Vanguard