Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west, has formally
declared his bid to run for the office of president — but not without some form
of drama.
While addressing a press conference in Abuja on Monday,
Okorocha likened Nigeria to an aircraft that he would love to pilot.
The senator said if elected president, the country would
encounter challenges but he’s capable of surmounting them.
“Please permit to be your pilot for a new Nigeria, as your
pilot there might be small turbulence, no problem, captain Rochas is in
command,” the former Imo governor said amid laughter.
Okorocha said if elected president, he would hand over power
to the youths after the conclusion of his tenure.
The former governor said he would use his time as president
to prepare the youths for leadership positions.
“To the youths, If I become your president, I will handover
[power] to the next generation. I’m not not-too-young-to-run and not too old to
run, I’m only 57,” he said.
“I created 25,000
jobs for the youths. I made 305 millionaires in Imo.”
The senator said he detests poverty because of his humble
background, adding that his wealth is “clean”.
“I will create wealth, I sold oranges – my wealth is clean,
go and check CCB [forms],” he said.
“Our biggest problem is hunger, I have addressed that in the
new Nigeria.”
He stressed that the nation needed a man who could encourage
the youth to be self-employed and bring them out of poverty, adding that, the
notion that Nigeria was the poverty capital of the world was untrue.
“The days of monkey dey work, baboon dey chop must stop in
Nigeria. I introduced the ‘Youth Must Work Initiative’ in Imo State and it
worked.
“The era of a young Chinese man would be producing
toothpicks and other items for my Nigerian youths on the street to consume
shall be over.
“Under my government, employment shall be an ephemeral
thing, what we shall have will be youths who are self-employed, because we
shall cause the youths to identify and explore their innate talents”, Okorocha
added.
He stressed that “the mood of the nation now suggests that
it needs a leader who is compassionate and who can listen to the cries of
orphans, widows and the downtrodden.
“The problem of Nigeria is that, if there is a problem of
N1bn to solve, Nigeria has only N10,000 to solve it. The country needs a
radicalized businessman who can turn nothing into something.
“What do you say of a Policeman whose salary is N50,000 and
he goes to buy a bag of rice for N30,000 to feed about 7 children?”
Coming from a political disadvantaged South East region,
which has been denied President severally, Okorocha said he was not a candidate
of zoning, but that of justice, adding that, even the Holy books suggest that
God commands justice.
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