News Diary Online
By Chimezie Godfrey
Former Senate President and Presidential aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said he would be president for all Nigerians.
Saraki who made the assertion during the ‘Breakfast with the Media and Friends’ held on Thursday in Abuja, said he wants to be president because this is the moment that
Nigerians must put in everything to save the nation, adding that “what we have today is not our country. This certainly, is not the Nigeria of the dreams of our founding fathers and those who came after them.”
The former Senate President who decried the fact that religious, ethnic, and regional sentiments and divisiveness has been a major threat to the country’s democracy promised that he will represent a Nigerian identity that is truly diverse and inclusive.
“I will be President for all because I represent a Nigerian identity that is truly diverse, truly inclusive and truly Nigerian.
“I will be the bridge between the young
and the old. I will be the bridge between the private sector and the public sector.
“I will be be the bridge between the Muslims and christians. I will be the bridge between the north and the south, because I am the Nigerian for all Nigerians.”
Saraki noted that the 2023 presents a great moment of decision for Nigerians to choose hope over hopelessness; the moment to choose peace and security over fear and terror; the moment to choose unity and inclusion over division and exclusion, among others…
