Sarah Jibril declares for presidency…Says it should be zoned to women

Former Social Democratic Party, (SDP) presidential aspirant, Dr Sarah Nnadzwa Jubril yesterday, joined General Ibrahim Babangida and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in the rank of aspirants in the race for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, she attributed the crises bedeviling the country to the absence of character in most of the people occupying public offices in the country and pledged to address the “quality of being of the citizens and underdevelopment of the system in the family, the communities, professions, economy, politics/governance, infrastructure and diplomacy.”

While adding her voice in support of the zoning arrangement in the PDP, which she believed was contrived for political convenience, she, however, advocated that the exalted seat should be zoned to women in 2011.

“I am standing as a neutralizer candidate, to neutralize the argument of north or south. I am coming as a comforter to those who want pragmatic change. You have relegated women to the background in this country. At home, it is the woman that nurtures the character of the child. If we want to restore our cherished values, we must concede political office to women who are naturally born to teach and mould character.

Why do we have so much criminality in Nigeria? You have relegated the teachers of human conscience to the background and that’s why you are having problems. Today, we have lost our moral integrity, because nobody is asking, who gets what and how.” The presidential aspirant declared that she would provide “rescuer-leadership” to refocus and raise the country “from delayed development to steady wealth and rapid development”.

Asked if she would pull out of the PDP if she loses the primaries, the presidential hopeful said she would remain steadfast in the party irrespective of the outcome of the party presidential primaries. “Yes, I am in the race for the fifth time. But I stand as a motivator. This is a battle between good or evil, mediocrity or excellence, of criminality or discipline. This is an issue of consistency and endurance.”

This is the fifth time Dr. Jubril is in the race for the presidency. She was an aspirant under the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1993 which was won by late Chief Moshood Olawale Kashimawo Abiola and was again an aspirant in 1998 under the banner of the PDP which was won by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
In 2003, Dr. Jibril contested for presidency on the platform of the Progressive Action Congress (PAC) before retracing her step to the PDP where she contested for the party presidential ticket and got four votes at the convention which was won by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
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Good zoning.

She will have my vote.

I don't blame her,very soon i will also wish the state capital to be zoned to my village.