- ….Promises to revive good old days of Tarawa Balewa
- … PDP will ensure wealth creation, Tambuwal
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has vowed to wipe out Boko Haram in Yobe, Borno and other States which are under attacks of the insurgent group, stressing that he will bring back peace in the area.
This is even as Atiku promised to bring back the good old days of the regine of late Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tarawa Balewa if given the mandate at the next year’s presidential election.
The PDP presidential candidate and former Vice President made the promise while speaking at the PDP presidential campaign rally held in Gombe, the Gombe State capital, yesterday .
He equally pledged to return peace to Gombe state, pointing out that without peace, no meaningful development can take place in the state as well as in the country.
Atiku, who addressed PDP members, supporters and others in attendance at the rally in both English and Hausa languages, said, “I will wipe out Boko Haram. Boko Haram is nothing. We have wiped out Boko Haram in Adamawa,.
“What will stop us from wiping out Boko Haram in Borno or Yobe or anywhere they are in this country? Therefore give us the mandate”, he said.
Continuing, the PDP presidential flag bearer said, “When Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the Prime Minister, most of you were not born. Don’t you want another Tafawa Balewa in the North-east?
“This can only be actualized by voting the PDP and here I am the one that will give you the opportunity to produce another Tafawa Balewa”, he stressed.
Atiku added, “I will create wealth and jobs in Gombe State, if you give me the mandate.
“I promise you that if you elect me what we have started, I will ensure that the electricity that will be provided from Dadin-Kowa Dam will be sufficient to the entire North-East.
“I will enhance farming so that our farmers will have the opportunity to farm both during raining and dry seasons.
“Gombe, Bauchi, Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States are all interconnected; therefore, I will ensure that we build roads to enable smooth trip within these states with ease and ensure that commercial activities thrive, most especially”, he assured.
Also speaking at the rally, the Director-General of the PDP presidential campaign council, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal assured that a PDP-led federal government in 2023 work towards ensuring security, peace and wealth creation in Gombe State
Tambuwal said, “We know that the Wazirin Adamawa (Atiku) is here at home in Gombe and when the PDP gets to power in 2023, Atiku will ensure security, peace in Gombe and Nigeria at large.
“We know that Gombe is a commercial center, we shall ensure that wealth is revitalized and bring development, commerce in Gombe and the country at large.
“Youths, both male and female, will get jobs in the country, farming will be revitalized and the country as a whole”, he said.
The Chairman of the PDP presidential campaign council and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, while addressing the rally, said: When PDP was in power, how much was a tin of milk? How much is a tin of milk today? When PDP was in power, how much was a bag of rice? How much is a bag of rice today? When PDP was in power, how much was one orange? How much is an orange sold today?
“We just want to let the people know that PDP is coming back to make sure that our economy bounces back, to make sure that our naira regain in strength, to make sure you have more milk in your tea.
“PDP is coming back to bring the economy back, to make sure there is light, to make sure no more darkness, to make sure you have access to many things you are not having now”, he stated.
