Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said he is the sellable candidate the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) needs to win the 2023 presidential election.
He urged delegates to give him a chance to lead the party to victory in the presidential election.
Tambuwal made the appeal at an interactive meeting with a Forum of former Ministers under the platform of the PDP at Asokoro, Abuja.
“What is key for PDP is a candidate that we can all work to sale together and win this election, not where the person is coming from,” he said.
Explaining that his quest for the presidency is driven by altruism, patriotism and unity of the nation, he said: “it is nothing personal. It is all about our country.”
Brandishing his tripodal credentials that cut across the executive, legislature and judiciary, he emphasised that he has a fair understanding of where “things are now getting bad” in the country.
To remedy the situation, he reiterated the need for the PDP to have a credible candidate like himself “who have done quite a lot in Sokoto, in view of the resources at the administration’s disposal,” enumerating
“I have an understanding of the Nigerian system today and can be bridge that is all round,” he reassured, pointing out that Nigerians are “in a ship without a captain and it is clearly sinking.”
He offered that the antidote to this is for the “collective and collectivity of all in the PDP and Nigerians who understand the gravity of what is going on” to come together and salvage the country. This, he opined “can be done only through “processes and conventions that will throw up a credible candidate.”
He said President Muhammadu Buhari does not understand Nigeria because of his clear exclusion in governance, bad economy and insecurity.
Addressing the issue of his alleged rift with former President Goodluck Jonathan, Tambuwal said their differences were misconstrued as personal.
“There was nothing personal,” he said, noting that he “had reasons to disagree” with Jonathan and also “disagreed with Buhari from 2018 because of the way he ran and is still running the country.”
