The Former Senate President and the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has tasked the newly inaugurated campaign council in the state and other party members to go back to their polling units and make sure they deliver at the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
He charged them to canvass people to vote for all the PDP candidates including the Presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the 2023 polls.
Speaking on Thursday in his mandate office while inaugurating over 600 PDP Campaign Council in Kwara State, Saraki said that despite the temptation, promises, and inducements by the other party, many people did not leave the PDP.
While addressing the mammoth crowd, he said, “Despite the temptation, various inducements, and bounty promises by other parties to our PDP members, you people remain loyal to our party. I must commend you all for standing tall for the truth.
“I am happy many people are already smelling victory. I appreciate those who went and come back. Those that left after our party lost the 2019 elections can now see the difference between light and darkness. I thank them for coming back to their party and to where their efforts would be much appreciated and valued.”
The two-term Governor of Kwara State, congratulated the Director Generals, Deputy Director Generals, Directors, HODs and members of the campaign council, praying that Allah gives them the strength to deliver the party at all levels.
“I congratulate all the campaign council, from the Director Generals to other members, I pray Allah gives them the strength to deliver. Always remember that millions of people are depending on you. Some are not members of the council but are very active. Over 600 members can’t win the election, and everyone is indirectly a member.
“Let me reiterate that anyone who works will surely get the benefit and reward. Don’t be discouraged because your name is not on the list. If you deliver your polling units, you shall get the rewards. Wake up, don’t sleep. Go House to house, room to room, and make sure everybody is carried along. Everyone is important.
“We told Nigerians then in 2019 that APC can’t continue to rule. Look at the results we are seeing now. Everyone is tired. That’s why we are saying “O Su wa”. It is time for us to go back to the PDP. I saw a billboard where they wrote 16 years of rot. Is KWASU, International Airport, Diagnostic Center, Geri Alimi underpass and others a rot?
“Look at the current administration, they have spent three and half years and they did not Commission any project. It has never happened in Kwara State. This is the first time in the history of the state that after three years, the government could not Commission a project.
“Let us go to where everyone is going, we have gone around the country and the PDP is what everyone wants. Go and campaign for votes at your polling units. All of you, those on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms should go to your polling units. The APC propagandas won’t sell again. Alihamdullilah, the Truth has emerged. They said I masterminded Offa robbery, and stole allocations, but thank God I am vindicated.
“I heard the Kwara APC is giving N20,000 to people tagging it as empowerment, collect the money because it is your entitlement and vote the incompetent government out.
“Let’s vote out the APC and vote in the PDP. All this, I am doing at the National level is to fight for my people. Let’s do the voting five out of five. Let’s make sure the PDP won all the seats from the President, Governor, Senate, House of Representatives, and House of Assembly.”
Meanwhile, the Gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state, Alhaji Shuaib Abdullahi Yaman, appreciated the leader of the party, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki for yielding to the yearnings of the people in Kwara North to provide the next governor.
“People of Kwara North are very grateful. My people in Kwara north are very happy with my candidature and they are going to vote massively for our party, the PDP.
“This current government has put the foundation of the Kwara in a shaking state. The administration cannot account for all the loans taken. In the history of Kwara State, the debt profile of the state is not as huge as we have witnessed in this present government. The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the state has borrowed over 114 billion naira with nothing to show for it. Every month, over N1bn is used to service loans.
“What it means is that in the next few years, our children will not be able to go to school. All the sectors will be in comatose. It is either we stop this from happening and save the future of our children from being taken away by voting for the PDP or we allow the future of our children to be jeopardized,” he stated.
He, however, expressed optimism that the PDP will trump at the 2023 general elections.