Sokoto State Governor and a Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Aminu
Tambuwal saturday noted that the All Progressives
Congress (APC) would be defeated in the 2019
presidential election.
Tambuwal, one of the actors that ended the PDP rule
in 2015, noted that he was confident of clinching the
PDP presidential ticket in the face of various political
gladiators seeking to run on the PDP platform.
He predicted APC’s defeat at a news conference at
the State House, Sokoto yesterday, expressing
confidence that he “has what it takes to clinch the
PDP presidential ticket in the forthcoming primary
election.
In a memorandum to its National Executive Council
last Monday, the PDP had set aside October 5 and 6 to
hold its national convention where the party’s
candidate for the 2019 presidential election would
emerge.
Apart from Tambuwal, former Vice President, Atiku
Abubakar; former Kano State Governor, Sen. Rabiu
Kwankwaso; President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola
Saraki; Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Hassan
Dankwambo, former PDP National Chairman, Sen.
Ahmed Makarfi, former Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji
Attahiru Bafarawa and former Jigawa State Governor,
Alhaji Taminu Turaki, among others, are seeking the
PDP nomination.
At the news conference yesterday, Tambuwal said he
had gone round the country “to meet with party
members and was optimistic of winning big in the
forthcoming polls. Delegates of the party are the
determinants of the winner of the primary election
and as such confident that they would vote for him.
“As you are aware, the primary election is about party
delegates and I am sure that the delegates would find
me worthy to be the PDP candidate, with a view to
winning the 2019 presidential election.”
He noted that his mission to become the President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria was borne out of the
desire to rescue Nigeria from the myriad of challenges
bedeviling it, noting that the people of Nigeria “are in
dire need of a secured and economically developed
country, as well as a stable polity.”
Tambuwal expressed determination “to provide quality
education for the youths so as to become useful in
the society if given the mandate come 2019. The PDP
will defeat the APC in the 2019 presidential election.”
At the end of the primary election, the presidential
aspirant pledged “to accept the outcome of the
election whether I win or lose. This is because
anybody, who wins believes that, we are going to
work collectively to save Nigeria from the present
mess we find ourselves in the country.”
Another PDP presidential aspirant, Mr. Hamidu Tafida
yesterday appealed to Nigerians to contribute money
for him to enable him obtain the party’s nomination
form and achieve his aspiration.
Tafida stated that he would be able “to prosecute his
campaign if one million Nigerians contribute N200
each to his campaign fund. The situation in the
country required sacrifice from all and sundry to pull
it out of the doldrums saying all hands must be on
deck to overhaul the country.
“I wish to officially make public my intention to run
for the Presidency of Nigeria. Let me appeal to one
million Nigerians put together N 200 each and
purchase nomination form for me to enable me
actualise this ambition for the good of all,” Tafida
noted.
Tafida urged Nigerians to be wise and resist attempts
by political merchants to continue stifling the
country’s development through vote buying and
manipulation of the electoral process.
He promised to tackle corruption and insecurity
headlong by doing away and eliminating the reign of
impunity currently being witnessed in the country to
pave way for rapid socio-economic development.
He promised to create jobs through mechanised
agriculture and rapid industrialization if elected into
office, noting that Nigerians “have suffered and it is
time to make sacrifices for a better society.”
Source :Nairaland
