Donald Duke
A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Donald Duke, on Tuesday stated that his ambition was not supported by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Duke, a former governor of Cross River State who not too long ago declared his intention to run for the exalted workplace, instructed newsmen in Lagos that although he remained near Obasanjo, his choice to run was private.
“I am not hypocritical. I am near the previous president, however he's neither my sponsor nor my backup. However, those that give you this propaganda additionally go to get the ex-president’s endorsement.
“I won't preserve folks apart due to what others assume. I want everybody’s assist; however I am operating as Duke and no person’s stogie.
“I might be placing myself as much as run. How it pans out is just not what I can say” he mentioned.
On the zoning within the PDP, Duke stated that it could not deter him from operating because it remained his constitutional rights.
“Let the folks resolve. Zoning is undemocratic. I am operating as a Nigerian. Zoning has by no means introduced out one of the best in us. It brings compromise,” he mentioned.
He, nonetheless, stated that his candidature and last platform can be decided on what unfolds within the party.
“There are talks occurring with different platforms. When these talks are concluded, then Nigeria will know my last stand. I stay a bona fide member of the PDP,” he mentioned.
Duke stated that there was want for each Nigeria to get entangled in governance in a single type or one other saying: “Things don’t simply occur. Folks make it occur.”
On Tinapa Holiday Resort in Cross River which was his pet mission, Duke lamented that it was uncared for by subsequent governments.
“Tinapa was accomplished. It would have been making trillions of Naira for the state if successive governments had continued with the mission.
“With continuity it could have been shifting. Tinapa is simply a metaphor for poor governance and drawback of continuity in governance.
“We constructed Tinapa to drive growth in Cross River. Continuing with such a mission would have made the state much less dependent of subvention,” he mentioned.