Atiku in FCT, promises to restore nation’s security, tackle out-of-school children issue

*He will recover Nigeria’s lost glory, says Emmanuel

*Our candidate has solutions to nation’s problems, by Tambuwal

*Nigerians’ suffering rising, laments Ayu

By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has expressed dissatisfaction with the level of insecurity in the country, vowing to do everything possible to restore Nigeria’s security, if elected the next President.
Atiku, a former Vice President of the country between 1999 and 2007, similarly bemoaned the the high number of out of school children in the nation, promised to reverse the trend.
The PDP presidential flag bearer stated these on Saturday while speaking at the PDP presidential campaign rally held in Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory.
Atiku specifically told his supporters, followers and the electorate in the FCT that the out of school children in the nation go back to school as well as make sure that Nigerian universities reopen forever and ever.
According to him, “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. We shall unify this country.
“Every part of this country will be given a sense of belonging. No part will be sidelined, no part will be marginalized. “That is how to bring a sense a unity in a country like Nigeria.
“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.
“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
Continuing, Atiku added, “If you 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. “You know that we have done so before and we are going to do so again.
“The people of Abuja, before anybody feels the impact of 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”, he assured.
The Chairman of PDP presidential campaign council, PCC, and Governor of Akwa Ibom, Mr Udom Emmanuel, while speaking at the rally, assured that Atiku is ready to recover the lost glory of the country
Stating that Nigeria is currently taking the back stage in terms of national and international policies, Emmanuel optimistically said that Atiku as president, “will be recognized again internationally, our policies will take us back to the right place”.
According to the Akwa Ibom Governor, “Atiku is the man that can speak to this economy and the economy will start jumping, the man that will speak to the economy of Nigeria and it will come back to life.
“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.
“We bring you the only man that is standing out among the rest, that is head high above all in terms of capacity and what he has done before.
“We are appealing to our youths go and collect your PVC, that is your power, use it to vote for PDP and Atiku”, the Chairman of the PCC of the PDP pleaded.
Also addressing the rally, the Director-General of the PDP presidential campaign council, PCC, and Governor of Sokoto State, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal pointed out that Atiku Abubakar has experience of governance at the National level and he is very familiar with the issues of the FCT, assuring that he will address problems facing the nation’s capital.
In the words of Tambuwal, “We’re 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.
“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.
“Let me reassure you that this team, being led by the unifier, is prepared from day one, to provide real leadership, for the reunification, for the restructuring, re-securing and for the recovery of Nigeria from all it’s challenges”, the Sokoto State Governor declared.
The National Chairman of the PDP, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, who also appealed to the FCT residents to vote massively for Atiku in the 2023 polls, said, “Atiku Abubakar, knows what you are going through, every citizen of Abuja is suffering.
“Our suffering is rising with high cost of rice, a bag of rice is almost N50,000. 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.
“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.
“You know we wake up one day here in Abuja and we were threatened that the whole of Abuja is going to be attacked, insecurity is affecting everybody many of you all over the country you can’t travel to your home states because the roads are blocked by bandits, the railways are blocked by bandits, the airports are attacked by bandits, we can’t run a country controlled by bandits. “Return this country to the PDP and see what we will do for you”, Ayu said.

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