A group of young professionals has paid N40m to purchase the expression of interest and nomination forms for former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to contest the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Saraki, on his official Twitter page, after receiving the forms from leader of the group, commended their effort in raising money to buy the forms.
He said that the gesture was a call on him to go ahead and win the election.
“Last night, I was truly touched by the gesture of the young professionals convened by Abubakar Danmusa, who helped to raise the N40 million for my Presidential Expression of Interest Form and my Nomination Form.
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“These young people, who went out of their way to rally their friends, family, and coworkers, made contributions of N500,000 to N2 million to reach their desired goal.
“This symbolic gesture, a first of its kind in the history of our nation, is also a challenge to me. Now, I promise to work twice as hard as I originally intended. I promise to meet the yearning and aspirations of all our young people to run a modern government.
“As it stands, this is a clarion call. This is why, I make this promise: ‘When I become President on the 29th of May 2023, all the Ministers of State in my Cabinet will be experienced young people who are under the age of 35.’
“We have our work cut out for us. But the battle to fix Nigeria has just started,” he tweeted.