"I will still contest for presidency post"- Duke Donald

The former governor of Cross River State,
Donald Duke, as on Tuesday said he would
still contest for president if the
opportunity presents itself.

Doing a program titled, “The
Nigerian Symposium for Emerging
Leaders ‘’, held in Lagos, Duke made it known that, though he once aspired to the
position but did not emerge the
candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), he would still contest for
the highest office in the country at the
appropriate time.

Duke further added that, he prefers the
presidential seat reason why he did not go for
any federal legislative seat after
serving out his terms as the cross river governor.
In his words, he said:

“I do not have the flair for the
legislature; standing up and sitting
down at the chambers to raise a
point. That was why I did not contest
for the Senate but the presidency,
after serving out my term as
governor. “I have contested the
presidency before; I will still give it a
shot when the opportunity presents
itself . I believe I still have the energy
in me".
He further added that, the country`s
democracy would fare better if young
people, who form the larger proportion
of the population ,took more active part
in its political process.
With the conclusion that, most
developed countries had young people
as their leaders at one point or the
other in their democratic history.