Saraki: We’ll Rescue Nigeria from Rudderless Govt

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Saturday noted that democracy would have been a thing of the past in Nigeria if the National Assembly did not provide critical intervention to save the country from descent to despotism.
Saraki, a presidential aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he was determined to rescue Nigeria from what he described as the rudderless government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the federal level come 2019.
He expressed the views yesterday during a visit to Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose in Ado Ekiti, noting that the country “requires a president that can give the people a sense of belonging and also ensure that we have true democracy.”
Saraki was accompanied by his Director-General of Campaign Council and the Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Hon. Mohammed
Wakil, Senate Minority Leader, Chief Biodun Olujimi and Sen. Duro Faseyi among others.
At a session with Ekiti’s PDP delegates, Saraki called for restructuring, noting that there “must be restructuring so that states could maximise their potentials. We are at a cross road. We see great danger with our democracy. That is why your state has had a terrible experience with the kind of democracy.
“If not for what we have been doing at the National Assembly to sustain and protect our democracy, there will be nothing like democracy in Nigeria by now. So, it is important that we look for a courageous and capable president that we can be proud of. We need a president that will ensure we have true democracy.
“Before now, we have been voting based on sentiment and ethnicity. So, we need a leader that will allow you to reach your goal. It is time we restructure and have a state that would be able to maximise their potentials.