Former Senate President and
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Senator David Mark on
Wednesday declared that he is the bridge between the northern and southern
parts of Nigeria and was ready to work with other intellectuals to rescue
Nigeria out of the present socio-economic upheavals.
Mark made this declaration while
addressing PDP delegates and members in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, ahead of
the PDP presidential primaries.
The former Senate President, who
declared that he would transform Nigeria within just 730 days if elected the
next president of the country in next year’s polls, maintained that he knows
the problems of Nigeria, and that he has the “courage and capacity to tackle
the problems”.
Senator Mark revealed that he is
currently working with a team of young Nigerians, adding that the recommendations
of the team will be implemented to turn around the fortunes of the country
within just 730 days if elected.
The former Senate President,
however, stated that for PDP to win the 2019 presidential election, leaders of
the political party must ensure free, fair and credible primaries.
Mark, who was received by leaders
of the Oyo PDP led by its chairman, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, said: “If all
Nigerians see that we conduct credible, transparent, free and fair primaries,
we will be sure of victory in the presidential election”.
Mark remarked that he was in the
race not because of his personal interest but for the interest of all
Nigerians.
He said, “It is not about myself,
but about Nigeria. Mark my words. I may be the last aspirant to obtain
nomination form, What I want to tell you today. There are 13 of us jostling to
get the Presidential ticket of our great party. But let me tell you either me
or any of the remaining aspirants emerges as the party’s candidate at the end
of the day, I am ready to work for the party.
“It is not about myself, it is
about the interest of our great party and our dear country. I have remained in
the PDP since it was formed, and I have never for one day thought about leaving
the political party for another one. At the end of the primaries, either I win
or lose, I will remain in PDP and support whoever emerged.
“I am the bridge between the
North and the South; I am the bridge between the old and the youths; I am the
bridge between men and women in politics. This is the time for all of you to
acknowledge the bridge and give him the opportunity to serve our country.”
This candidate is dead on arrival. PDP don't make a mistake with him
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