2019: Saraki reveals 10 issues that must be addressed [Full speech]
Saraki
enumerated the issues during the inaugural press briefing of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) campaign management committee on Friday.
In a press
release sent to the Media, the areas included economy, poverty, job creation,
etc.
FULL TEXT:
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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