- The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, urges Nigerians to be mindful of many presidential aspirants promising to restructure the country if elected in office
- Former military ruler, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, says there can be no better candidate for president than Saraki
The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has offered to teach members of the Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) how to produce the next governor of the state in the 2019 elections.
Saraki, who is a presidential aspirant of the PDP, said he could also give the Lagos chapter the formula on how to whittle down the influence of godfathers in Lagos state.
Vanguard reports that the Senate president made the statement on Monday, September 17, at the PDP secretariat in Lagos state.
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 of Lagos State. We have their formula, come next year, PDP will take over Lagos.”
Saraki urged Nigerians to be mindful of many presidential aspirants promising to restructure the country is elected in power, noting that restructuring could not be done by the president alone.
He said restructuring agenda was not something a president could single-handedly promise as it required the input of the legislature.
“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," he said:
"But there are very few aspirants today that possess such charisma. Once I assume office, I will devolve more powers to the state.’’
Meanwhile, former military ruler, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, has backed the presidential ambition of Senate president, Bukola Saraki.
Babangida on Sunday, September 16, said that Saraki was well prepared to be the president of Nigeria, the Nation reports.
The former military ruler made the statement at his residence in Minna, Niger state, when Saraki paid him a courtesy visit as part of his nationwide tour to seek support of PDP supporters and delegates for his nomination as the presidential candidate
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