Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), says he wonders why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still
exists.
The former Lagos governor spoke on Saturday at the unveiling
of the Tinubu/Shettima door-to-door campaign group in Abuja.
Tinubu, who described the PDP as a party that lacks
direction, urged members of his party not to be bothered about the opposition.
“We are not just the ones to hurl abuses and insults at our
rivals’ party. We don’t need it. We are smarter; we are brilliant; we are
courageous; we are not like them,” he said.
“They spent 16 years and forgot that there is a railway
infrastructure that can do haulage, human carriage, animal husbandry and food
carriage across the length and breadth of the country.
“They (PDP) got there and turned it to an incubator. I
wonder why they still exist as a party. These are people still fighting for
leadership of their party, looking for the direction of the compass. We are not
equal at all; we are smarter. We know the road; let them follow.
“We don’t need to worry about PDP — poverty development
party. Today, let’s lower the temperature. It’s not the time to campaign yet.
They will hear a lot from us.
“We are the party of progressive ideas. We want good
education for our children, good development for Nigeria, prosperity for this
country, agricultural and agro-allied projects to be embarked upon.”
The PDP ruled Nigeria for 16 years — from 1999 to 2015 —
after which President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC assumed office.
The PDP is also currently in crisis over its leadership,
with several calls for Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the party, to step
down for a southerner since the party’s presidential candidate is also from the
north.
Speaking further on his party’s plans for Nigeria, Tinubu
said the APC has the solution to the country’s problems, adding that the party
is strategising to tackle the challenges.
“We have the confidence that we have what it takes. We have
the courage, determination, perseverance and foresight to identify the problems
of Nigeria and tackle them headlong and make a solution out of them for the
prosperity of your children. We will guarantee tomorrow, jobs for your
grandchildren, and the progress of tomorrow,” he said.
“All we are doing is strategising, calculating and
organising ourselves to confront the challenge before us.”
Also speaking, Kashim Shettima, APC vice-presidential
candidate, said Tinubu’s presidency will turn Nigeria into an industrialised
nation.
“We are on the threshold of making history. The global
economy is tilting towards recession because the world has moved from the
agricultural age to the industrial age,” he said.
“We have moved from
the industrial age to the knowledge-driven age. People are now talking of big
data of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and open biotechnology.
“Who among the presidential candidates we have here in this
country has the skill set, the intellect, the capacity to move this nation
greater than asiwaju Bola Tinubu?”
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