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PDP will recreate Nigeria to make all happy, says Okowa
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Atiku will provide enabling environment to grow industries, by Tambuwal
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku has assured the people of Ekiti State of massive rehabilitation of roads as well as youth and women empowerment if elected as the next President of Nigeria.
This is even as the PDP Vice Presidential candidate and Governor of Delta State,
Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has promised, concretely, that a PDP-led federal government, under President Atiku Abubakar, will work towards recreating a ‘new Nigeria’ where everybody will be happy with availability of jobs and other opportunities.
Atiku Abubakar, Okowa and others spoke on Tuesday during the PDP presidential campaign rally in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
At the rally, which was well attended by PDP chieftains, supporters and people of the state of the ‘Fountain of Knowledge’, the former Vice President emphatically pledged that a PDP-controlled federal government will make use of the human capital that God has endowed Ekiti state with as well as utilize that human resources that God has given them.
He vowed that everything will be done by him, if voted as the next President of the country, to make sure that young men and women in the state have businesses to do with a view to having sources of income.
He explained that that was why he has pledged to set aside Ten Billion US dollars so that the nation’s young men and women, who want to get involved in enterprises, will be given loans and capital so that they can achieve their life time ambition.
The PDP presidential candidate told the mammoth crowd, “When I came here today (Tuesday), what I saw almost brought tears to my eyes, when we came here some people said we are not going to see anybody in Ekiti, we realized what they meant was to cripple public transportation in Ado- Ekiti and the whole of Ekiti state.
“Again they did not stop there, they also caused an artificial scarcity of Petroleum products so that even if you have your motorcycle, your car, you will not be able move. So that they can stop people from coming here, but you braved all their challenges.
“When I came into this arena, I almost shed tears of joy. What I can assure you is that if you vote PDP into power, the way you have made us happy today (Tuesday), we will also make you happy in Ekiti state.
“We will go out of our way to provide you with everything that you want us to provide, some people were talking about the road from here to Akure, we will do it and all the roads that connect Ekiti state with other states, we shall construct them.
“Ekiti state is the center of intellectual discuss, you have more educated people in this state than any other state in the country.
“I can assure you that a PDP federal government will make use of the human capital that God has endowed you with in Ekiti, it is your God given gift and we shall utilize that human resources that God has given you.
“Besides we want to make sure that particularly our young men and women have businesses to do, have sources of income.
“That is why I pledge to set aside Ten Billion US dollars so that those young men and women who want to get involved in enterprises will be given loans and capital so that they can achieve their life time ambition.
“Today has been a wonderful day, happy day and I want to assure you that we will be with you through out the campaign period and we will make sure that on the election day whatever you may need to make sure that you go to vote, protect your vote is made available to you”, he assured further.
Speaking at the rally, the PDP Vice Presidential candidate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa said, “It is time to bring back a government that cares for the people.
The high level of insecurity is not for the Nigeria we are talking about, the disunity in the country today, that is not the Nigeria of our dream.
“The way they have destroyed the education of this country, that was not what we hoped for and now our people are hungry, they don’t have employment. Everything is going bad, industries are packing up, everything is getting expensive, that is not the Nigeria of our dream.
“We want, as a party, to begin the process to recreate a new Nigeria, where everybody will be happy, where people will get employed, where our youths can have hope for their future and when they are leaving the school, they know that there is something in stock for them to do. This is what Atiku Abubakar has promised us.
“He was vice President and chairman of National Economic Council and a lot was done between 1999 and 2007. He is coming back, strengthened for the great task ahead and he will turn around Nigeria for the better so that our youths can have hope for the future.
“We don’t want a situation where our youths are exiting this country because there is lack of hope. We are creating that hope and PDP is going to recreate that hope”, he said.
The Director-General of the PDP presidential campaign management committee and Governor of Sokoto State, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, while speaking at the rally, appealed to the people of the state to ensure that they deliver the state to PDP.
According to Tambuwal, “This movement is about the people, it is not about any individual, it is about this country, it is about our freedom.
“We know that the people of Ekiti state are intellectually endowed. Hardly you find a family without a professor in Ekiti state. No individual can dictate for you. “You know your rights and you are exercising those rights through your freedom of movement and freedom of association.
“We appeal to you that you must continue with this momentum and deliver Ekiti state for PDP.
“When Atiku Abubakar comes on board, he will, by the grace of God, strength the Copy Rights Commission so that all of the innovations, all of the intellectual works by the people of Ekiti state and other Nigerians will be given due protection by the administration of Atiku Abubakar because we appreciate your intellectual prowess, we appreciate your intellectual capacity and that of every Nigerian.
“The administration will ensure that there is enabling environment for businesses to thrive.
“The government of Atiku Abubakar will have an operational manual for the extractive industry, for the mining of mineral deposits under the earth and I know that Ekiti state is blessed with so many”, he promised
