THE Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, has said that Nigerians deserve better leadership than what they are experiencing under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
Dankwambo, a presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made the remark while addressing members of the State Working Committee and stakeholders of PDP, in Ogun State, during his one day visit to Abeokuta.
He stressed that the “hurry need for change” by Nigerians in 2015, without parameters, had led the country into its present situation of alleged “hopelessness.”
The governor said the country needs a leader that has quality, capacity, ability, the know-how and sound health to manage its affairs for a greater and better Nigeria, promising to provide practical solutions to the myriads of challenges confronting it.
“Nigerians did not ask for the indicators of how the present administration would bring about the promise of change in 2015. We are all in a hurry and this has led us to where we are today.
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“We as a party, are bringing solutions in a manner that is practicable. My team has developed an economic growth solution and plan, which would be incorporated into the PDP manifesto. So, I offer myself and I promise to provide good leadership if elected.
“I served as the Accountant-General of the federation under three presidents starting from Obasanjo in 2005. So, I understand the workings of government. I will appoint my cabinet the moment I am sworn-in as president because there is no time to waste. In PDP, many are qualified for this job, but the best must be presented by our party in 2019,” he said.
He vowed to provide good leadership if given the opportunity to administer the country, adding that he had worked with three past presidents of the country and had garnered quite a lot of experiences.
“I know the workings of government. I have served the nation at different times. I worked with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Dr.Ebele Jonathan. I have blueprints for the nation and will hit the ground running on my very first day in office,” the presidential aspirant added.
Dankwambo had earlier had a closed door meeting with Obasanjo at his residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta.
He declined comment on the outcome of his meeting with the nation’s former president.
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