In an interview with punch, the 2019 presidential aspirant, Donald Duke explained that he ran for president not because he needed the prefix “president” added to his name, he is a very frustrated Nigerian.
As a Nigerian, he believes that we can do better than we are currently doing and if the elites do not stand up to correct the mistakes of this country then all hope is lost.
“In another thirty years, our population would be about 400 million, we would have doubled, we are 200 million now, and we were 45 million when we attained Independence”
“Let me tell you something, between 1979 and ‘83, President Shagari budgeted $25bn averagely annually for four years. Our population was barely 80 million, 40 years after we are budgeting about $24bn for a population of almost 200 million”
“We are a society in deep regression and if that doesn’t call for some sober reflection, I wonder what would”
“What fundamental things have we achieved in our almost 60 years of independence? Next year we would be 60 and we are going to roll out the drums, the soldiers are going to march, school kids are going to march under the sun, governors and the president would take the salute”
“We should ask ourselves, over what are we celebrating? When will we celebrate the quality of our lives?”.
