The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has solutions to the numerous challenges the country is facing.
Okowa said this on Thursday in his acceptance speech after he was picked as the running mate of Atiku at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja.
The vice-presidential candidate noted that “it will require a lot of commitment and unity from each and every one of us in our various wards, local governments and states.”
Okowa said, “We need the PDP to return to power; we have answers to the questions because I have the opportunity of going through our candidate’s book ‘My covenant with Nigeria’. It’s something worth studying and something put together that other presidential candidates of other parties have not been able to put together.
“When you go through it, you will find solutions to our problems in that document and I must appreciate our presidential candidate publicly for making this happen early enough.
“Many people are out there speaking to Nigerians, based on social media reports but he has taken time to understudy Nigeria because of the experience that he has had in the past and has been able to proffer solutions and I believe that by the grace of God, we will definitely take on the elections and win landslide.”
He appreciated the party and his colleagues for finding him worthy to be on the ticket.
“I give thanks to God for this day and I must appreciate the party for having a very successful convention and I thank the National Chairman and his team and the Chairman of the Convention Committee for giving us a convention that everybody could definitely say was free and fair and we came out more united.
“I want to thank you our National Chairman and members of the NWC for steering the party through this period and we have produced a very experienced candidate who can take back Nigeria in our rescue mission and ensure that we are able to begin the rebuilding process of this nation from May 29, 2023.
“Mr President-in-waiting, I must truly thank you for finding me worthy to be on this ticket. I know that it was a very tough decision even as you have spoken this afternoon, but I thank God that among my very qualified colleagues even those more qualified than myself, that I found favour and I am here today as the Vice-Presidential candidate of the party,” he added.
