Saraki visits Obasanjo, says Buhari, APC can’t tackle Nigeria’s problems

Immediate past President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has said that Nigeria’s problems is huge and not what President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and his All Progressives Congress party can tackle alone.

He stated this on Tuesday when he visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Saraki, currently serving as Chairman of two Peoples Democratic Party’s committees, National Reconciliation and Strategy, had a two-hour close-doors meeting with Obasanjo during the visit.

He told newsmen after the meeting, “I think that when we talk about kidnapping, when we talk about a sense of belonging, these are issues that go across party lines and what is required now is for the government to provide leadership in bringing all stakeholders together. Let us discuss and see how we can address some of these issues.

“We are very hopeful for the future of this country; we are very hopeful that everybody will have a sense of belonging. I think it is important that we all must come to the table and discuss. We can tap into a lot of resources, even on the issue of security, there are a lot of people with a lot of experience that we can make use of.

“My advice to the government this time is that this problem is a huge problem that cannot be left to just the government and the ruling party. I think this is the time the opposition, the ruling party and our international friends come together because the challenges before us are enormous and we need to address them.”

When asked specifically on the reason he visited the former president, he said, “It is a very useful deliberation; we inform the former president why we are here – the purpose of the committee and that it is important as an elder statesman. The president is someone who has been in our party before and someone committed to the unity, to the success of this country.”