The Presidential candidate of People’s Trust (PT), Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has declared he has no plans to step down for either President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) or Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).
Olawepo-Hashim expressed confidence the two candidates are beatable with their parties’ woeful performances since 1999.
He lamented 70 percent of voters are undecided on their choice less than 11 days to the presidential poll.
He called on Nigerians to support his candidacy for rapid economic development that will lift masses out of abject poverty.
According to a statement through his media team by Hassan Ibrahim, the Presidential hopeful who spoke during campaign in Akure, the Ondo state capital advised the electorates to reject the two political parties that had failed them in the last twenty years.
Olawepo-Hashim, who was accompanied by his Campaign Director-General and former transport minister, Mr Habu Fari, said the country was too endowed with natural resources for the citizenry to be wallowing in poverty.
He vowed to introduce policies that would end insecurity and economic hardship if elected the president of the nation on the sixteenth of this month.
He advised eligible voters to secure their future by voting for the party in the 2019 elections.
Olawepo-Hashim assured Nigerians, especially youths and graduates he would create jobs and make the environment conducive for businesses to flourish.
The presidential candidate of PT said his party was fine-tuning its strategy in all states of the federation on how to wrestle power from the ruling APC, adding that PT had the highest number of representation in constituency nominations.
According to him: “Some few days to election more than 70 percent of the electorates are still wondering who they are going to vote for.
“They have examined the candidates they are going to vote for and what these candidates promised to offer and among all the alternative parties, the PT is the biggest.
“But I can tell you that this election is still very open even though its ten days to the election.
“This is one of the reasons I said if elected we will form a government of National unity which will include the good people in the APC and PDP.”
Denying he was planning to step down, Olawepo-Hashim said: “Nigeria is a very interesting country, and I don’t know any country where other candidates are pressured to step down.
“I think it is a coinage here because in a multi- party democracy, nobody steps down, you win some seats and on the basis of this you can form coalition based on programme after the election.
“The presidential election is not about party but about candidates and the future of the country and the two parties have failed in that regard. But we give hope that if we come in, Nigeria will be better”.
Fari expressed delight the people of Ondo state trooped out to receive Olawepo-Hashim, indicating that the people are ready to elect the third force which the PT candidate represented.
