A former senate president, David Mark, on Tuesday joined the long list of presidential aspirants under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as he picked his nomination form to participate in the party’s primaries.
For the purpose of governing Nigeria, Mark, who represents Benue South at the Senate, said he has prepared a blue print tagged ‘730’ which according to him will address critical areas of Nigeria’s national life.
“Irrespective of our political persuasions, it is incontrovertible that restructuring of the nation is an idea whose time has come,” Mr. Mark said in a statement signed by his media assistant, Paul Mumeh.
He added that the 730 economic model, is a strategy that will turn the economy around within two years.
“I believe it will further strengthen our bond of brotherhood and unity more than ever before, because everyone would have a sense of belonging and live in harmony in any part of Nigeria without any fear of molestation and intimidation.”
He specifically promised to tackle poverty, unemployment and neglect which he said have forced some of Nigeria’s youth to undertake the very risky route of going through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea in their quest for greener pastures in Europe.
“We will concentrate on developing our infrastructure, delivering on affordable housing, roads, rails and power. We will focus on education and create a pool of highly trained citizens with excellent IT skills who will be employable as well as create jobs.”
“We will support Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) as a matter of priority by providing interest free cooperative loans to produce optimally with appropriate technology which will be the main driver of the economy with attendant huge employment opportunities.”
Mark was senate president between 2007 and 2015 and has vowed to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections.
