Sokoto state governor and 2023 presidential aspirant of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Tambuwal has restated that the Nigerian situation is so dire and the country in distress that citizens must come together and put their differences aside to save the country.
The governor also said that the task of seeking 2023 presidency should not be predicated on quest for zoning and other isolated indices but on the collective interest of all Nigerians whose existence and subsistence is at stake now.
Tambuwal said this when the Concerned Citizens of Nigeria purchased N40 million expression of interest forms for him to contest the coveted seat of president on the platform of the PDP.
According to him, Nigeria is on the brink of collapse and requires the communal resolve of all to save it from sinking completely.
“As our situation is in Nigeria today and in times like this, when the situation is so dire and the country is in distress, members of that community or country must come together and put whatever differences they have aside to save the country.
“It calls for every concerted effort from every and all concerned citizen to put their hands together to rescue it from an imminent collapse,” Tambuwal said.
Lamenting the devaluation of the Naira, insecurity, corruption economic downturns, unemployment; inflation and every aspect of life that are failing, the Governor said his seeking the position of President is not an overbearing ambition, but a quest informed by the need to rescue the country from its quagmire.
He explained that having foreseen what later became the abysmal failure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) misrule about two years after it came to power, he and his allies left the party for the PDP.
“It behoves on us as responsible leaders of this country to once again come together to rescue Nigeria. It would be too bad for Nigeria if APC remains in charge of affairs beyond 2023.
“Things are rather getting bad and worse. That situation that demanded us to rise to that challenge of working towards changing the defective APC government at the center has not changed. Things are rather getting worse and bad,” he said.
Tambuwal noted that seeking the Presidency is a “collective thing. No single individual can do it alone. No zone can do it alone. No state can do it alone. No tribe can do it alone. No members of a particular faith can do it alone.
“Nigeria is our common heritage. It is our country. All of us must be hands-on in saving our country,” he further said.
The governor expressed gratitude to the group who presented him with the forms they brought and assured them that he will make his stand known after he concludes his ongoing consultation on the matter.
“You are right. I have friends from across the length and breadth of this country. You are right. I understand the federal structure of this country. I quite appreciate the complexity of the Nigerian state. I have the requisite experience, by the grace of God, to seek for the office of the President.
“As I said, I am still consulting. I will come back to you very soon after my consultation,” he said.
In his remarks, Olumuyiwa Akinboro (SAN) said they purchased the form for the governor in recognition of his sterling leadership qualities and the need to rescue the country from its current bad situation.
He described Tambuwal as young, active, agile and detribalized Nigerian who has no zealous attachment to his faith, adding that the governor is a person with integrity that can be trusted to lead the country forward.
