2019: SDP in the race to win ― Jerry Gana

THE Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in next month Presidential election, Professor Jerry Gana at the weekend declared that the Party was in the race to win and not to negotiate with an individual, group or any political party ahead of the polls.

Prof Gana, who spoke during a stakeholders summit, organised by the party in Abuja on Saturday said that he would not trade with the made given to him by the party but would rather “go round the nooks and crannies of the country to canvass votes” that would give the party the total victory that would see it to the Presidential Villa at the polls.

He disclosed that he was out to banish hunger, abject poverty, insecurity, abuse of the rule of law and sorts socio and economic vices in the country and make things to work again, insisting that Nigeria was a blessed nation that should have nothing to do with suffering in whatever guises.

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Gana made it clear that the multifaceted challenges facing the country were due to bad leadership in all ramifications and all would be history once the SDP wins the presidency.

While promising to make devolution of power to the federating states his priority if elected, Gana said that States would be made strong in such a manner that they would be generating enough funds internally to cater for their needs rather than relying on the Federal Government for survival.

Gana who also unveiled to Nigerians and party members, what he called the SWIFT action plan that his government would follow if became victorious at the poll declared that every state in the country has the potential to fend for themselves if their resources were well harnessed.

He said the SWIFT action plan was a response to legitimate concerns expressed by many Nigerians about the insecurity in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

SWITF, he said, stands for Security Re-engineering, Wealth Creation, Infrastructure Excellence and Power Supply, Fight against corruption and indiscipline, and Technology, Education and Human Development.

According to him, ‘while designing the SWIFT we listened carefully to Nigerians in every part of the Federal Republic, secondly, we listened to very vociferous voices of our people expressing legitimate concerns about the growing insecurity in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“People are worried for lives. Many of our people are worried. Thousands of our people have been killed in their own homeland. People are now worried about their families in many states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

The SDP Presidential Candidate said the party wants to begin its campaign through grassroots mobilisation, with a view to winning elections next month.

Gana expressed optimism that the party would campaign around the country and win in every constituency urged Nigerians to keep the hope alive as their current travail under the All Progressives Congress, APC, the administration would soon become history.

Delegates from across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory were on hand to cheers the Presidential candidate at the event.

The Director General of the Prof Jerry Gana Campaign Organisation, Dr Ike Nelieaku in his welcome address, described Gana as a man who understands the pains of Nigerians and would do all humanly possible means to fix the country again.

According to him, ” we convened the summit to interact with the party leaders and indeed all Nigerians of goodwill, on ways of moving the country forward.”

He enjoined stakeholders to support Gana’s quest to become President, as he shall bring among other things, security and human development.

Also speaking on behalf of the 36 State Chapters Chairmen of the Party and Abuja, Hon Collins Oreruah who is also the Chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the Party declared that the only alternative option left for Nigerians now was the SDP being fielded Gana as its Presidential candidate since Nigerians had witnessed total failure under the PDP and APC respectively.

He stated that all the chairmen would return to their states to rally support for the electoral victory of the Party’s Candidates in the general elections.

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