Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has declared that the 2019 budget proposal presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Wednesday presents no hope for Nigerians.
Saraki, who is also the Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign made this assertion on Thursday at an interactive session between the presidential and vice presidential candidate of the party and the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Abuja.
According to him, “Thursday, we all heard the 2019 budget; that is a budget that has no hope for anybody, because if you look at the statistics and the figures, there is poverty. If you look at the figures based on revenues that are coming in, there is nothing left, so where’s the future”.
He expressed belief that the PDP’s campaign organisation cannot be successful in the campaign if it does not have the CSOs as partners fighting a cause, in order to ensure that the party and Nigerians are victorious during the February 16, 2019 presidential poll.
Saraki declared that Nigerians have serious business at hand in deciding the destiny of this country in less than two months.
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“Today, it is not being sentimental; the facts speak for themselves; we have a country that is not secured as it used to be in 2015. That is the reality and we must ensure that we have a government and a president that will be able to do that.
“We want a country that will fight this poverty, fight this hunger that is in the land. I will want you today to sit with our vice presidential candidate and listen to him and ask him the questions that will convince you that he has the capacity and ability to deliver.
“Does he have the capacity to revamp Nigeria? Does he have the ability to create jobs for you the youths and create a booming economy?
“How is your life going to be better? Which party offers you a better future because we see you as those who are patriotic and committed?”
It is not about what you will get today. It is about the great country a lot of you have been passing that sacrifice over the years.
“In 2015, a lot of you played a key role in bringing the government in because you believed that they were going to do something good”.
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