Saraki, Bafarawa, chides Buhari over Nigeria’s socio-economic challenges

The duo of Senate President, Bukola Saraki and former Sokoto state governor, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, both aspiring for the endorsements of PDP delegates for election as Presidential candidate of the party, have blamed the policies and programs of President Buhari’s government as responsible for the present economic and political downturn being experienced in the country, and promised to do ‘’damage control’’, if elected

Both Presidential hopefuls were respectively in Katsina to campaign for votes from the party delegates to the National convention slated for Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Saturday October 6

Saraki further advocated generational change in the leadership of the country adding that Nigeria was in need of young and courageous leaders that would bring about the needed socio-economic transformation people are yearning for.

He said politics at the global level today was centered on youths as leaders, and that Nigeria would be wise to tow such line during the forthcoming general elections.

He said ‘It was due to this that I decided to offer myself to Nigerians as a viable candidate for Aso Rock, on platform of the PDP.

“Nigeria needs strong and courageous leaders. Politics in Nigeria today requires tested and courageous people. It is time for the youths to rule the country,”

Saraki said he was confident of delegates from the state casting their vote for him for the party’s presidential ticket.

He said his confidence was based on his strong relationship with several PDP stakeholders, particularly the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua as well as ex-governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema.

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He assured that if elected, he would give priority to addressing the problem of poverty in the country, as well as ensure proper representation for the people as nation’s president.

He said Katsina PDP was first in the country to elect a consensus candidate in person of Senator Yakubu Lado Danmarke that would fly the party’s ticket for the governorship polls in the state.

He called on party members to elect candidates of the party come next general election s, so that the country would be free from the challenges APC had created.

Bafarawa on his part said as state governor for eight years, he did not receive any salaries, but could afford to purchase a nomination form in the range of President Buhari’s.

He wondered why the president would need anyone to buy him the form, even though he had been nation’s leader and occupied various juicy posts in the past.

On his campaign, Bafarawa said he had traversed through 30 states in the country by road to meet with delegates on his presidential ambition.

He said if elected, he would carry out what he described as “damage control” to take the country out of the malaise the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) had put her into.

He said as president, he would not bother about probing into what the APC government had done or refused to do, but would work out ways the nation can move forward socio-economically.

He however called on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to allow for fairness and level playing field for all its aspirants during its presidential primary and express confidence in the delegates from the state casting their vote for him for the party’s Presidential ticket.

Speaking, the party’s chairman in the state, Salisu Majigiri condemned the ruling All Progressive Congress-led (APC) government of flouting court orders.

Majigiri said the APC has little regard for the rule of law, and was in habit of not giving the National Assembly (NASS) the recognition it deserved.

He called on party members to elect candidates of the party to come out next general election s, so that the country would be free from the challenges APC had created