New Generation Nigeria, a youth organization within the All Progressives Congress, has backed Senator Bukola Saraki to emerge as the Presidential candidate of the APC.
In a statement by Alhaji Musa Abdulkadir, President; Otunba Philip Coker, Secretary-General and Chief Victor Anyawu, Publicity Secretary, the group said it has come to realize that only a good visionary leadership would take Nigeria to the Promised Land.
It said: “Ahead of the 2015 general elections, politicians are at it again. It is a period where people who have failed their constituents would embark on ambiguous adventures to deceive the electorate. But the masses should beware of political hawks and vote out gerontologists by accepting change. Nigerians should shine their eyes well, well.
“That is why as a youth movement, we are calling on a former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki to run for the Presidency in 2015 under the platform of our great party, APC for the following reasons:
“There is need for generational change and there is no doubt that he is close to the youth. Saraki is the bridge between the young and old generation.
“ Having been Governor for eight years and now a serving Senator, he has both legislative and executive experience. He is a quality needed dearly in the attainment of good governance.
“Saraki is a detribalized Nigerian, nationally known and acceptable; he is a technocrat and great professional, academically sound and politically relevant.
“He is a cool, calculative and organized Nigerian who is nationalistic in vision and patriotic in nature. Saraki is a digital politician with extraordinary capacity for change.
“At 54, Nigerians are unanimous on one verdict: our great nation has not fulfilled its potential and our realities are far from our ideals. It is time for a new generation to build a modern Nigeria. It is regrettable that 54 years after independence, we have failed to realise the dreams and aspirations of our founding fathers. We are ranked high among other oil oil-producing nations but in the global encyclopedia of economic development, Nigeria still lags behind. We import fuel and have no electricity. We have some of the best brains on earth, yet we cannot make Nigeria work. Saraki is a credible alternative”.