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“Nigeria’s hardship is unprecedented” – Saraki

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has decried the level of insecurity and poverty in Nigeria, saying that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians.

Saraki described the hardship which the APC he helped to power in 2015 has subjected Nigerians to as “unprecedented”.

Saraki, who spoke on a live programme aired by four radio stations in Ilorin in Kwara State inNorth–Central zone of Nigeria – Radio Nigeria (Harmony FM) Idofian, Royal FM, Sobi FM and Radio Kwara, sympathised with Nigerians, especially those from his home state of Kwara over the hardship he said they weregoing through particularly at this festive period.

The Punch newspaper report quoted Saraki as saying that the only solution to the present precarious economic and security situation in the country was for Nigerians to vote out the APC-led Federal

Government and elect Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party as the nation’s President during 2019 general elections.

“Times are very hard for the masses as a result of the level of poverty in the country. Without sentiment, the present government has failed Nigerians. They must therefore ensure they vote for a leader that will address poverty and revive the economy.”

“Nigerians will vote in February 2019, but the business community has already passed a vote of no confidence in this present government.”

“I, therefore, urge Nigerians to vote out this government and vote a man (like Atiku) that will restore investors’ confidence and get Nigeria working again. It is only one party that loves the common people and that is our party, the PDP,” he said.

“I am in politics to serve my people. When I campaigned in 2015, I pledged to Nigerians that my former party, APC, will address the issues of insecurity, unemployment and poverty, but unfortunately the party has failed on all these three score lines,” he added.

– APA