Only PDP can save Nigeria from current socio-economic woes – Obaseki

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has declared that only the Peoples Democrat­ic Party (PDP) can rescue Ni­geria and place it on the path of economic prosperity and sustainable development.

Obaseki stated this when he received members of Atiku Support Group, led by Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who were on a courtesy visit at the Gov­ernment House, Benin City.

According to him, “If Nige­ria is going to be salvaged, PDP has to step into the throne to salvage this country politically. The stakes are too high; we cannot allow Nigeria to continue the way it is going.

“Our great party must come to the rescue and take over the reins of power in this coun­try. What we see ahead is not pleasant at all. I just pray that God Almighty sees us through next year, financially, so that we can even have presidential elections.”

He continued: “I don’t just see how we can continue to be deceiving ourselves. We try to prevent the country from grow­ing by limiting and restrict­ing imports, coming with all forms of phantom excuses to limit people from buying and importing what they cannot produce and need to live.

“On the other hand, they are restricting foreign exchange availability; they are just throwing millions of Nigerians into poverty.”

“My commitment today is to our great party, the PDP. I accept the responsibility of leading our e-registration process. We have done a very successful pilot in Edo, which I am hoping that the new com­mittee will adopt so that we can roll out and build membership across the country. The soul of our democracy is making sure that we build our party like in­stitutions,” the governor noted.

Addressing members of the delegation, Obaseki stated, “The decision is of the majority of our people, which is the way we will go. Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian that is committed to this country; his achievements are visible. So, he is eminently qualified to contest the position of President of Nigeria and as you know, at the end of the day, power ultimately comes from God.”