Saraki takes campaign to Rivers, says he has capacity to revive Nigeria

SENATE President, Bukola Saraki has declared that he has the capacity to set the country on the path of growth, unity and reconciliation, that the country was in dire need of a leader that would unite the country.

This is even as the Rivers State Governor, Neysom Wike has urged the NASS not to pass the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC until President Muhammadu Buhari assents to the INEC amended Act.

Saraki who made the declaration during his visit of Saraki Campaign Organisation to Rivers State yesterday said that the country needed “A leader that will represent everybody from whatever part of the country that you come from. I think I am suited to provide that leadership”.

Saraki said that the country is in dire need of a leader that will provide unity, carry all groups along and provide a platform of justice and fair play.

“This is a job that requires all of us to be united and focused. Yes, we have individual ambitions, but at any given time, I am ready to sacrifice that ambition for the party.

“I will continue to appeal to the governors that during this critical time, we must stay united. We must stay strong for the masses who depend on us to rescue this country ” he stated

The Senate President commended Governor Wike for the leadership he provided for the PDP at its most critical time.

Responding, Governor Wike said that the Electoral Act should be in place for the processes of the 2019 elections to be legally kick-started.
He said: “As leader of the National Assembly, do all you can for the Electoral Act to be passed.

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“Once the Electoral Act is passed, if it is not assented to, I urge you, people, not to pass the INEC Budget because INEC budget is based on the Electoral Act. I urge that these things must be taken together “.

Governor Wike urged PDP delegates from across Nigeria not to elect a desperate person as the Presidential Aspirant of the party.

He said: “No desperate person by the Grace of God will fly the flag of the party. Anybody who believes that they must be President, you must be afraid of him.

“You don’t know what they want the Presidency for. All of us know that Buhari had wanted to be President. Today, we have seen why he wanted to be President “.