Donald Duke
Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has declared his intention to contest for the Office of President within the upcoming 2019 basic election.
He made the announcement throughout an interview with Deutsche Welle Africa on Friday.
Speaking on how he can do higher than Buhari, Donald Duke mentioned the present administration was completely out of tune with the present realities of the nation.
He mentioned: “I see such apparent failings; I see a management that's steeped prior to now and that’s actually refused to evolve with a nation that’s predomitly a nation of younger, aspiring individuals, and nonetheless doing the issues the best way they had been performed many a few years in the past and didn't work.
“I feel our management within the nation at this time is completely out of tune with the present realities of our nation. There’s a disconnect someplace. So, when you've gotten a management that blames its younger individuals, as an illustration, of not striving sufficient, or being lazy, it’s a disconnect as a result of the instruments to make them obtain their aspirations haven't been supplied.
“Look on the state of training. The state of training at this time is a far cry from what I obtained. So the elites amongst us attempt to ship their kids overseas; that’s a dream. They’re gonna breed a technology of youngsters who're disconnected from house and from overseas.
“We had good schools here that could compete with schools anywhere in the world. We had some of the best medical facilities in the 60s and early 70s, all of that has gone to rot. The president himself receives medical treatment abroad. That is a sad state of affairs.”