Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has yielded to the
call from some Nigerians through a human rights media outfit, the Brekete
Family, to join the 2023 presidential race.
Emmanuel made his acceptance of Nigerians call known at
Government House, Uyo Thursday evening, when he received the N40million
Expression of interest and nomination form of his party, the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) purchased for him by the popular Brekete Family Radio/TV show.
He specially thanked the Founder of the media organization,
Ahmed Isah and his team who contributed their money to purchase the
presidential nomination form for him, stressing that he was overwhelmed by the
great confidence bestowed on him by Nigerian citizens.
He expressed the hope that the media group had sought the
consent of God before embarking on the venture, adding that what Nigeria needs
now is leader with the capacity, sincerity of purpose, and readiness to make
sacrifices.
His words: “I appreciate this gesture.Be rest assured that I
have accepted the form I have accepted this nomination form. All Nigerians
cannot come together to give me something and I will refuse it.
” Honestly, when I heard this plan to buy me a Presidential
nomination form was going on, I asked myself, how can they raise up to
N40million to go and buy me a form? .But today it has become a reality.
“There are over 200million Nigerians, but you chose to
accord me this honour and privilege. I don’t take this for granted. I really
want to appreciate this family, I register my appreciation to all Nigerians for
this confidence.
“This is a job well done. And a job well done means more job
to be done. You have taken the first step, go all way out and take all the
steps and achieve results. At the end of the day, it’s not the effort that
matters, but the results”
The Governor, however, frowned at a situation where high
level qualifications and experience was set as requirements to engage someone
to manage organisations, but only a Secondary School Certificate required
constitutionally, to manage a country with over 200million people.
He stressed that certain things must be corrected in 2023,
in order to move the country forward, and therefore advised that Nigerians must
joins hands to make that better Nigeria that they crave a reality.
“Money is a principal thing. Nigeria today needs someone who
understands money. It is unfortunate that if we are looking for a Managing
Director of a particular company, the CV we seek, spans 3-4 pages, but when we
are looking for a President of the country, based on the constitution, all we
need is WAEC, no experience.
“In business if one can manage a kiosk, he can manage a
shop, if he can manage a shop, it means he can manage a supermarket. So any
governor who has managed a state well for eight years can manage a country well
too.
“Whatever we can achieve as a country can never be a
one-man-show. I believe everybody should join hands and make sure that we get
it right in 2023”, governor Emmanuel advised.
Presenting the nomination form to the governor the leader of
the delegation, Mr Innocent Orji explained that their decision to purchase the
presidential forms came after a delegation from the organization visited the
state to critically assess and evaluate his performance.
Orji, popularly known as Scaffold said that the tour
actually affirmed what the governor had told them during a Television interview
in January 2022, and assured that they work hard to ensure he emerged as the
next president in 2023.
Orji said: “So we all agreed that if you can do these things
in a State, if given that opportunity, you will do even better in the national
level. We don’t believe in too much talk, so here today we are presenting to
you the nomination form for presidential candidate of your party.
On his part, a former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
Alhaji Buhari Bala and member of the delegation noted: “After that programme,
the Brekete Family sent in a delegation to Akwa Ibom State. They spent about
three days here and sent in a report.
“And in that report, they said what they found on ground was
more than what you told them during the live TV programme. For that reason, a
decision was taken by Brekete family, that when the time comes they will
contribute money to purchase a form for you to contest for the position”
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