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Nigeria is in
distress and could fail if not rescued immediately, the Abubakar Bukola
Saraki Campaign Organisation (ABS) said yesterday.

Udenta Udenta, the
director general of the campaign, said at the organisation’s maiden
conference in Abuja that there is an urgent need to put in place
concrete policy and package to transform the country.

He said the
governor of Kwara State and presidential aspirant, Bukola Saraki, is
adequately prepared to undertake the task, as his aspiration represents
both generational and ideological change. He added that his principal
has already put together a package for the ultimate transformation of
the country.

According to him,
the change being worked out by the governor “would mobilise Nigerians
as nationalists, to support real change. Change that does not replace
old prejudices with new discrimination. Change that does not incite
Christians against Muslims, or vice versa. Change that does not divide
the minority from the majority groups. Change that does not
sectionalise power,” Mr. Udenta said.

Generation change

Mr. Udenta
described Mr. Saraki as an expert in providing power, infrastructure,
and social services, aside from the agricultural revolution, which, he
said, has been done in Kwara State.

“Our movement is a
social democratic project to empower women and youth and free the
masses from underdevelopment,” he stressed.

“Our think-tank
consists of some of the best brains in Nigeria, who have already
developed a concrete policy paradigm and package to transform Nigeria.
We condemn elite manipulation of ethnicity, religion, and region in
order to divide and oppress the people,” he said.

The campaign
manager said Mr. Saraki hails from the centre of Nigeria, and
therefore, represents all Nigerians, irrespective of their
socio-cultural background.

“Born of a Muslim
father and a Christian mother, a hybrid of different Nigerian cultures,
he is a true and detribalised Nigerian,” he said.

Mr. Udenta said that the governor’s campaign would engage
competitors on issues as well as the country’s priorities and ideology,
just as he noted that the contributions of past leaders would be
respected.