A spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has said the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would invest massively in the power sector in order to reactivate the economy.
He stated in Asaba that the step would reduce the size of government particularly at the federal level which is over bloated while the economic policy document would bridge the widening gap between the rich and the poor in the country.
He said the economic blueprint captured in his manifesto titled “My Covenant with Nigerians” was carefully crafted as an antidote for the nation’s socio-economic and political challenges.
While saying the All Progressives Congress (APC) -led government at the centre had so poorly mismanaged the economy with food inflation soaring to 23.72 percent in October 2022, he said Atiku has the ability to head hunt for talents that could solve the nation’s multi-faceted challenges.
“Atiku’s economic policy is primarily to bridge the disparity between the have and have not in our country and to attempt to pull many Nigerians out of the poverty bracket.
“He intends to channel such savings from the recurrent expenditure to capital expenditure to finance more infrastructural projects which will have more effect on the populace. Atiku is very concerned about the multiple forex regime and the non-development of ports in eastern part of the country.”
He said another prominent feature in the Atiku’s economic policy document was to galvanise private sector participation in revamping a number of key industries that would create employment for our teeming youths.
Aniagwu who is also Delta State commissioner for information, said the Atiku-Okowa administration would implement the Oronsaye report to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in governance.
He allayed fears on the disagreement between the party and the G5 leaders, adding that the PDP will win the 2023 election because Nigerians cannot afford a return of the APC that had mismanaged the nation’s economy and security architecture.
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