•••Says IPOB, Boko Haram Are Products of Exclusion
Presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 General Elections and Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Bala Mohammed, on Friday urged leaders at various levels and citizens to come together in the task of rescuing the country from myriads of problems confronting it and the people.
He said there was the need to reconstruct and reinvent a new Nigeria where things would be working for the good of all.
He stressed that if anything untowards happens to the nation in its current deplorable state, there is going to be a monumental crisis.
Bala Mohammed stated this when he met with PDP delegates in Anambra state to seek their support ahead of the Party’s Presidential primaries.
He noted that the situation at the moment demands the sacrifice of various sections to leverage on the nationalistic instincts to rebuild the socio-economic and political framework of the nation for an inclusive government for the benefit of all irrespective of any affiliations.
He promised to ensure an all inclusive government that would cater for the interest of all sections, massive job creation, guaranteed security for all and equitable distribution of Wealth as well as improved health sector, infrastructure, peace and unity of the citizenrY
He said “If given the opportunity, I will bring all segments of the country together,” even as he emphasized that the strategic position of Nnewi and Onitsha commercial hubs would serve as potentials for the employment generation and economic viability for her growth.
“I am a humble Nigerian who benefitted so much from the Nigerian project; a Lagos boy to my people in Nigeria. I have garnered enough experience. I am not unaware of the feelings of the people. The Southeast and Northeast have suffered enough since the first republic
“We have to draw a line to know where we are and where we are going. There is need for good leadership recruitment to give everybody a sense of belonging; if anything happens in Nigeria now it’s going to be a monumental crisis. We need to reconstruct and reinvent a new Nigeria and to leverage on the nationalistic instincts of Nigeria,” he said.
The former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja and senator of the federal Republic of Nigeria said, “We have a problem in Nigeria; we are living in a time bomb and the economy is in a comatose and so we have to do something urgent in the face of the worrisome state of insecurity.
He also expressed deep concern over the activities of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the Southeast zone and the Boko Haram onslaught in the Northeast, pointing out that the aggrieved militia groups are out with arms because of exclusion and other acts of injustices being meted to the people of the geo political zones.
While promising to bring out the best in every part of Nigeria, he also carpeted the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government for the huge debt burden, humonguos corruption and insecurity.
The PDP Presidential hopeful challenged the delegates and leaders to close ranks in order to rescue the country and her citizens from the grip of bad leadership.
He lauded Ndigbo and their leaders for the versatility and industry of people of the Southeast geo political zone saying that the people have the solution, capability and intellectual prowess to the nation’s many problems.
He also promised to take the crisis rocking the Anambra state chapter of the PDP to the national Secretariat of the party so that they could have a united State Working Committee (SWC) in the state.
