Why I Want To Become Nigerian President, Lamido Tells PDP

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has given reasons he is aspiring to become the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Though he has not officially declared his intention known to Nigeria, Lamido wrote his party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday to inform it of his interest and ambition.

The former governor said that he has the capacity to return the country to the part of glory, regretting that Nigeria has been led astray by past leaders. He wanted PDP to give him the nod in 2019 general election for him to take the country to a safe haven.

“Today, 57 years after the independence of our dear country, can we in all sincerity claim to have achieved the dream of our founding fathers? Where did we fail and from where did we begin to fail?, ” Lamido asked in the letter.

“Nigeria with its natural endowment and human capacity cannot be forgiven for being otherwise. We cannot even demonstrate our ability and capacity to meet domestic, regional and global challenges which currently seems to overwhelm us.

“The PDP will and must lead the nation back into a bright, progressive, and innovative future,

“To the world, Nigeria must demonstrate our confidence, tenacity in our ability and capability to address our domestic regional and global challenges that confront us.

“It is against this background that I offer myself to vie for the office of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019 if my party finds me worthy to fly its flag.

“I am no means claiming to be the only capable material, any PDP member given the trust and support can fly our flag, and I expect many more aspirants will express the desire to run.

“My hope and prayer is that at the end of all the process which I hope will be open, fair transparent and credible is to give Nigeria in 2019 candidate who will lead the party and Nigeria. This is because there is no alternative to PDP in 2019, it will be a defining moment in the Nigerian political evolution.

“Our imperfect union as a federation should not be an excuse for our legendary failure which appears to have found vent in the call for restructuring, a union of multi-ethnic multi-lingual and multi-religious can certainly task the best of human capacities, but that is precisely the challenge and how to work on it and build a nation of people of a common destiny, and this is where the PDP must raise to the challenge,” the letter reads.