Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has reiterated his promise to unify the country and ensure that no part of the country is marginalised if elected he is elected in 2023.
Atiku who stated this yesterday at the PDP presidential campaign rally in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja also urged FCT electorates to support PDP again in 2023.
The former vice president who also reiterated his vow to restructure the country, stressed that he will ensure protection for farmers when they go to farm.
“Give us your support again, we will do more than what we did between 1999 and 2015 for the residents of Abuja. All your entitlements under the current constitution, all the appointments that belong to Abuja will be given to Abuja, we have done so before and we are going to do so again.
“If what you have demanded requires constitutional review, we assure you that we shall support that constitutional review so that your aspirations are protected and guaranteed in our new constitution. More so, we have pledged to restructure this country, in the process of restructuring, we shall give you all that you are demanding, I assure you that and I want to promise you.The people of Abuja, before anybody feels the impact of the government, you will be the first because you are in the federal capital. I promise that a PDP administration will fulfill all these obligations. We thank you very much indeed.
“Currently, we have challenges; can you imagine Abuja not secured? Can you imagine Abuja the federal capitals not secured? We shall protect Abuja and secure it for your own safety. Of course, you are aware of our five point agenda and we shall unify this country. Every part of this country will be given a sense of belonging, no part will be marginalized that is how to bring a sense of unity in a country like Nigeria.
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“We have pledged to restore security, it is very very essential that we give everybody peace: a farmer peace to go to the farm, a trader peace to trade, peace to everybody. It is only when there is peace that we can undertake our different aspirations. We have promised that education is key to youth development, we have the highest number of out of school children and we will make sure that these children go back to school, not only that we will make sure that our universities reopen forever and ever,” he said.
On his part, the governor of Akwa Ibom, His Excellence, Udom Emmanuel said that Atiku has what it takes to jump start the country’s economy.
He said, “Today even fuel, we don’t have fuel to come to this place, everything that PDP left have all vanished, Atiku is ready to tackle everything in this country, tackle youth unemployment, tackle the restiveness in this country, people will have other things to do. Today every index in this economy is going downtown, the only man that will take it upward, the way he did it before, he has done it before, he was in the saddle for eight years as the Chairman of the National Economic Council and that is Atiku.
“Atiku is ready to recover the lost glory of the country, even in terms of National policies, international policies Nigeria is taking a back stage, but with Atiku as president we will be recognized again internationally, our policies will take us back to the right place.”
On his part, PDP national chairman Dr Iyorchia Ayu, called on FCT electorates to vote for Atiku Abubakar, because he knows what they are going through.
He further lamented the rising cost of things in the market.
Ayu said, “Most us you will not enjoy Christmas because of the APC, we are suffering from high cost of gas, a kilogram of gas we don’t know how much now? These people who came with lies to vote for them have created so much poverty that today Nigeria is the capital of poverty in the world.
“Nigeria is the most borrowed country in the world. That means everybody in Abuja is suffering, particularly. Housing construction that the PDP was doing rapidly has virtually come to a halt. The cost of building materials is so enormous. A lot of our young people are suffering, so of you are squatting, some of you are forced to return to your villages.
“When Atiku Abubakar comes back as the president he will continue from where he stopped. He was the vice-president in charge of the national economy under former President Obasanjo he knows what to do.We don’t want an experimental president, we don’t want a president who will come and deceive you and would not know what to do.”
Earlier, PDP Campaign DG, Gov. Tambuwal, said that we are here at the center of unity, we’re here at the Federal Capital Territory. The candidates that are running for the presidency of Nigeria are very well known to every Nigerian. I’m sure you know whom the cap fits and it is of course, Atiku Abubakar.
He said, Atiku Abubakar has experience of governance at the National level, at the federal level. He is very familiar with the issues of the FCT and I am sure, he will address all of that when he comes on stage.
