TAFAWA BALEWA SON SPITS FIRE!
‘I’m Contesting 2015 Presidential Election’…Says PDP Govs, Party can’t Intimidate him
*Laments: ‘What type of Democracy do we have in Nigeria?’
*Lashes: ‘Greater Nigerian majority yearn for Credible Leadership’
* Confesses: ‘I’ll ensure Zero Unemployment, Better Education, Maximum Security & increased power supply’*Boasts: ‘I’m not scared of Second Term Ambition of Pres. Jonathan’
*His Words: “Nigeria needs to move from Third world to First world. Is PDP a communist party?”
BY HAKEEM NURENI/POLITICAL REPORTER/LAGOS
AS 2015 draws closer, battle for Aso Rock has increased in speed by several political big-wigs. Scion of Nigeria’s First Republic Prime Minister, Dr. Abdul Jhalil Tafawa Balewa has thrown his ‘hat in the ring’ of the nation’s political circle by declaring his intention to contest the 2015 Presidential Election under the auspice of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) being Nigeria’s ruling party. Abdul made this declaration recently in a news briefing in Africa’s most populous nation economic hub, Lagos. He said he would contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of PDP and condemned plot by the leadership of the party to demoralize other presidential aspirants.He said: “I not intimidated by the decision of the PDP governors and the party to support the second term aspiration of President Goodluck Jonathan”.
Laments Nigeria’s Democracy..
Abdul expressed his anger in the country’s polity by saying “What type of democracy do we have or are we practicing in Nigeria? Is the PDP a communist party? Where is the place of internal democracy?” Without mincing words, he expressed his regrets that when he said the greater majority of Nigerians had been yearning for a leadership capable of fulfilling their high expectations and aspirations.
Talking about leadership His words: “What Nigerians need and where they want the country to be in future are paramount issues. We need to put our ideas before the people and allow them to decide”.
Promises a better Nigeria
Promising to make Nigeria an industrialized country, Balewa said his administration would ensure zero unemployment, better education, maximum security and increased power supply, since “Nigeria needs to move from Third World to First world”. He said he relies fully on the support of Nigerians during the election, when he explained that “Good Nigerians would support me fully.”
