The presidential candidate of the Democratic Action Party (ADP), Yabagi Sani, has said that governance by the rule of law will be the guiding principle of his administration, if he receives the mandate in 2023.
Mr. Sani gave this assurance during the party’s campaign launch and presidential rally in Umuahia, Abia State, on Friday.
He insisted that his administration would treat everyone at the national and subnational levels in accordance with the rule of law.
Sani, while lamenting that the country has been ruled for so long by people with disregard for the rule of law, said that “we have chosen the rule of law to cleanse the Augean stables.”
He added: “Furthermore, the rule of law is the political philosophy that all citizens and institutions within a country, state or community are accountable to the same laws, without discrimination on the grounds of social, political or class status and position.
“Any government that follows this philosophy is likely to have a peaceful and united country, which will engender productivity that will eventually lead to the country’s prosperity.”
Sani, who is also the party’s national chairman, said his administration would prioritize a seven-point agenda that includes education, health, security, agriculture, infrastructure, oil and gas, and anti-corruption.
He said he would guarantee the allocation of at least 22 percent of the nation’s annual budget to education, in compliance with UNESCO’s recommendation.
The presidential hopeful, who welcomed the large turnout of supporters and the warm reception in Abia, vowed to rejuvenate Aba as one of the nation’s industrial centers.
“Our administration will make Made-in-Aba products well known throughout the world,” he said.
He praised the Igbo for their ingenuity, creativity and commitment, saying they are “always a role model and a promising nation.”
Likewise, the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Okey Udo, described its principal as “a big market that sells itself.”
He said that Sani was the only one who had worked in all sectors of the economy among all the presidential candidates.
The cleric, who is from Ohafia in Abia, said the ADP administration would wipe away the tears of Nigerians if given the mandate.
The party’s gubernatorial candidate in Abia State, Chibuike Jonas, urged people to vote for Mr. Sani and other party candidates to save the country and the state in particular.
According to him, the motto of the party state is the State of God.
He said that by the grace of God the group would seize Abia.
Earlier in his remarks, the party’s state chairman Benjamin Arisa said that ADP remained focused, united and committed to forming the government of the state and the country as a whole.
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“Abia is one of the states we can take as a side,” he boasted.
However, he called for funds, saying that “financing is only the challenge facing ADP in Abia.”
The Nigerian News Agency (NAN) reports that the presidential candidate was in the company of his running mate and many other top party leaders.
The highlight of the event was the presentation of the party flag by Mr. Sani to all the candidates at the national and state level, for the elections on February 25 and March 11.
(YAYA)