I’ll fix Nigeria’s economy in 2-years, says ex-Senate president

The immediate past President of the Senate, David Mark says it would take him only two years to turn around the economic fortunes of Nigeria.

Mark, 70, stated this when he picked the presidential nomination form at the party’s secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, September 4, 2018.

The retired brigadier general noted that he would address the security situation of the country given his experience in the Nigerian Army.

"I have come to collect the forms for presidential nomination. You can comfortably say that PDP is the choice; it is the choice party in the country. Obviously, anybody who has come here to collect the form has a blueprint and I, along with very young boys and girls or men and women, have a blueprint,” he said.

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“The blueprint, which we titled '730', represents just two years — two years if given the opportunity to turn the economy of this country round. We will solve the insecurity problems, we will bring Nigerians together. The level of distrust in the country today has never been experienced in the history of this country.

“I have a very good background and I have been in politics since 1998 when I won my election into the Senate. I think I have the credentials and background to be able to do what I promise my team will do. It is a team that is going to work together to salvage this country to bring Nigeria to where it has been respected.

“Obviously, there are priority areas and restructuring is one of them; and I think the time has come for us to restructure this country so that Nigerians will feel that they are part and parcel and integral part of this country.”

Mark would be contesting for the PDP presidential ticket alongside Senate President Bukola Saraki; former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state; Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano state amongst others.