TO SAVE NIGERIA IS DIFFICULT —KWANKWASO KANO State governor and one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday, declared his intention to vie for the presidential ticket of his party, saying that to save Nigeria is a difficult task. The governor, however, vowed to save the country from deteriorating condition if given the opportunity to lead. Kwankwaso, who stated this during his official declaration to seek APC presidential ticket, ahead the party’s presidential primaries, maintained that “the call to save our dear country has never been louder, clearer and more unambiguous than now.” According to him, “every facet of our national life is deteriorating: governance has been reduced to mediocrity; incompetence and impunity. I have no doubt in my mind that this journey is difficult and arduous. I have no illusion about the enormity of the challenges, but to save our country, we must walk the journey, however difficult.” He added that the first priority of the country at the moment was to restore peace and security in every corner of the land, stressing that lives and property of Nigerians must be protected and secured. “The second priority of this country, my compatriots, is killing the cancer of corruption that has eaten so deeply into the very fabric of our value system. The impunity with which corruption is being perpetrated, promoted and protected by the present PDP-led administration leaves no patriotic Nigerian in doubt that the government is working deliberately and with determination to impoverish Nigerians. “I, therefore, wish to accept this call and to formally declare my interest to seek for the presidential ticket of our great party, the APC, in February 2015 general election. “I am offering myself and soliciting the support of all patriotic Nigerians to join Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on this difficult journey to reclaim our country from the clutches of incompetence and destruction and return it onto the pedestal of peace and progress,” he stated. In attendance at the event were the members of APC National Executive Council (NEC), led by the national secretary, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni; governors of Rivers, Lagos and Zamfara, including deputy governors of Borno, Yobe and Kwara, serving and former members of National Assembly, among many other dignitaries. Source: Tribune
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:56:12 +0000
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