Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he will promote an
inclusive government if elected.
Atiku said this on Sunday while
reacting to his endorsement by leaders of five top socio-cultural organisations
in the country, on Sunday.
The organisations, the Pan Niger
Delta Forum (PANDEF), Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere
and Middle Belt Forum (MBF), said Atiku has shown that he will restructure the
country if given the mandate.
Reacting shortly after, Atiku
said the endorsement is “a loud statement that there is hope for our country”.
“Today we put aside all our
prejudices to elect a President with religion and ethnicity playing no role in
our elections.”
The former vice-president added
that he is buoyed to lead a pan-Nigerian team if elected, and that he has been
chosen to unite our people “and exactly that I will.”
“I will run a properly federated
Nigeria through constitutional reforms to bring out the best from ALL sections
of Nigeria to make Nigeria work again like in the past when the Saudi Royal
family came to Nigeria to access Medicare,” he said.
“We will promote an inclusive
Nigeria based on productivity that every section of Nigeria will bring out the
best under their soil, and in their brain to make Nigeria assume its position
in Africa and the global community.
“It would be 100% for every
section of Nigeria as I would not understand any arithmetic outside that.”
Atiku is seen as President
Muhammadu Buhari’s main challenger in the election.
The socio cultural groups are just few compared to millions of PMB supporters. Time will tell
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ReplyDeleteEndorsement or not, you will poll a good figure very close to the incumbent but the stain in your personality and the statements you have made since you won the PDP presidential ticket will knock you out. If privatization is the hallmark of your economic policy programs then the vast majority of Nigerians within the poverty line will continue to suffer under your administration. All the social groups that endorsed you are not unexpected because PMB blocked all the free money they enjoyed throughout the 16 years of PDP misrule of our country. Feb 16th is around the corner.
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