2019 polls: I'll ensure additional state for southeast - Turaki

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- The race for the 2019 presidential election is gaining momentum as the days go by

- One of the aspirants of the PDP, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, is making inroads in the political space

- Turaki, also known as KTT, has promised to fulfill one of the major demands of south easterners to successive Nigerian governments

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), has promised to set up a committee to look at the issue of an additional state for the southeast on the first day of his presidency, if he emerges president in 2019.

He made the promise while addressing PDP members including delegates to the party’s national convention at the state secretariat in Owerri, Imo state on Wednesday, June 27.

Tanimu who reiterated his belief in restructuring, said he will ensure true federalism, resource control, devolution of power and additional state for the southeast if elected president next year.

2019 polls: I'll ensure South East gets additional state if elected - Turaki

Turaki addressing Imo PDP politicians at the party's secretariat in Owerri. Photo credit: Facebook

He noted that the Nigeria Police are being overstretched in the execution of its constitutional duties, saying that his administration, if he is given the opportunity to become the president, will look at the issue of state police.

Tanimu explained that his presidential aspiration and that of other aspirants in the PDP is not about individual interests, but about salvaging Nigeria from the shackles of insecurity, poverty, economic strangulat*on and pervasive injustice and intimidation, which he opined, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has subjected Nigerians to.

In her remarks, Senator Sam Anyanwu, a staunch member of the PDP, described the presidential aspirant as a man of conscience for addressing fundamental issues that are troubling the nation.

On his part, the chairman, PDP Imo state, Barrister Charles Ezekwem, noted that Tanimu’s antecedents puts him in a strong contention for the mandate which he is seeking.

The presidential aspirant had earlier paid a courtesy visit on a veteran politician, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who assured Tanimu that he is ‘not difficult to market in Igboland’ considering his integrity, dynamism, depth of knowledge of Nigeria’s problems which he promised to address, and his capacity to build bridges of friendship across the country.

“I regard you as a serious candidate judging by your pedigree and the quality of your campaign team/ The truth is, this government (federal government) has not patronised us much.” Chief Iwuanyanwu lamented.

He however stated that Nigeria is a great country, stressing that nobody in his right senses will support the breakup of the country.

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Meanwhile, the national financial secretary of the PDP, Abdullahi MaiBasira has expressed optimism that his party will have a successful outing in the 2019 general elections. He stated this during an interactive session with select journalists in his office in Abuja.

The immediate past national youth leader of the party, used the opportunity to advise whoever emerges the PDP's presidential candidate in 2019 to hit the ground running immediately.

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