Senate President, Bukola Saraki,
has listed 10 areas that must be addressed in Nigeria, ahead of the 2019
general elections.
Saraki enumerated the issues
during the inaugural press briefing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
campaign management committee on Friday.
In a press release, the areas included economy, poverty, job creation, etc.
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1. Welcome representives of the
Nigerian media to the inaugural press interactive session by the Presidential
Campaign Management Committee. Also, solicit the support of the media on this
journey of Getting Nigeria Working Again.
2. As you will all agree with me,
the issues confronting Nigerians today are beyond partisan consideration. We
are all in it together and that is why we need the support of this media in
this all-important project of saving our country and getting her working again.
3. STRUCTURE OF THE CAMPAIGN
ORGANISATION AND PROGRAMME. The campaign council has been inaugurated. We are
commencing our campaigns on Monday in Sokoto. Thereafter, we are going to take
our message to all the 36 States and the FCT, the 774 LGAs and all the wards in
the federation.
4. As part of our grassroots
campaign plan, the candidate and his running mate will participate in road
shows, Town Hall meetings, special interactive sessions with traditional
institutions, business communities, professional groups, trade unions, market
women and men and other interest groups and stakeholders across the nation.
5. In effectively implementing
the campaign Programme, the following individuals have been appointed to head
the directorates in our structure. Each directorate will be supported by
corresponding standing committees and our spokesmen whose names will be
announced shortly. This arrangement will ensure that we are able to bring in
more members to contribute their quota to the success of the campaign. There
will also be Elders Council to help the candidate. Also, the youth and women
sub-committees will be inaugurated.
6. Again, we are in the process
of inaugurating the state campaign Organisation in line with the structure at
the National Campaign Headquarters. These state structures will be inaugurated
by my office shortly. You will agree with me that a lot of elaborate planning
has gone into creating the campaign structure in such a way that we will our
message to every home in Nigeria and even to Nigerians in Diaspora.
7. ISSUES: For Nigerians, in
2019, the issues that have to be addressed are :
a) Is the economy better or
worse?
b) Are more people richer or
poorer than they were in 2015?
c) Are there more people
suffering from hunger now than in 2015?
d) Have there been more job
losses now than in 2015?
e) Are our people safer now than
they were in 2015?
f) Are our military and other
security agencies better equipped or motivated to tackle the Boko Haram
insurgency and other security challenges than in 2015?
g) Is the country more united now
than it was in 2015?
h) Is the infrastructure in the
country better than it was in 2015?
I) Is there less corruption in
the country than in 2015?; Is the fight against corruption been fair to all or
a tool deployed against political opponents?
j) Are people deriving the
benefits of the Rule of Law and personal liberty as enshrined in the
constitution now than in 2015?
8. These are some of the issues
that will determine the trend of the campaign and we believe they should guide
Nigerians in making their decisions during the 2019 elections. An election is a
referendum on the incumbent. If Nigerians are unable to answer any of these
questions positively, they must vote out the incumbent.
9. On our part, we will restrict
ourselves to issue-based campaign.
10. Thank you
Signed
Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON
DIrector General, PDP
Presidential Campaign Management Committee
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