…He is the best man for president, says Adeleke
….We will rescue the nation, salvage economy, Udom assures
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has declared that the current challenges of insecurity, disunity, economic deprivation and lack of jobs for young men and women in the country will be effectively tackled by his administration, if elected the next President of Nigeria.
Atiku made the declaration yesterday while addressing PDP supporters and chieftains at the party’s presidential campaign rally held in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
The presidential candidate of the leading opposition party in Nigeria explained that all those challenges will be adequately addressed under the
restructuring policy being conceived by him.
He promised to provide the people of Osun State with the infrastructure needed for development, invest in education and healthcare in the sate.
Atiku further assured their people of industrialization for the economic benefit.
His words, “I have only come to thank you for what you have done. You are a wonderful people for returning PDP to power in the last state elections.
“I believe by returning PDP to power, you will strengthen this authority by voting PDP in the next general elections because a federal government controlled by PDP and a state government controlled by PDP in Osun State, is to the greater good of Osun people.
“Our only objective is to make sure that the current challenges of insecurity, disunity, economic deprivation, lack of jobs for our young men and women and the future of this country, through restructuring, can be achieved and this, I promise you. I am going to start doing them from day one.
“It means empowering Osun State with more resources and authority with what is needed to be done. To provide the infrastructure needed for development, invest in education and healthcare in Osun State and bring about industrialization for the economic benefit of the people of Osun State.
“My brothers and sisters of Osun State I have came to say a very big thank you and I urge you, I appeal to you, I plead with you to come out in greater numbers than you did in the last state election and vote for the PDP in the next general election.
“That is the only way that you can secure your future and the future of your children. We promise you we will not fail you. We are not like APC because we have done it before, we have got the experience, we have got the people who have the capacity to bring about changes as we are not new as far as governance is concerned in Nigeria.
While speaking at the rally, the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke described Atiku as the best man for the job of the nation’s presidency.
According to Adeleke, “Our incoming President (Atiku) is a detribalized person. He loves everybody, no matter where you come from. That is why he is the best man to do this job. He is experienced.
“When you look at all the other presidential candidates, you will see that his (Atiku’s) experience is so enormous. When he was the vice president, he was the one that controlled the economy. The economy was booming. Even when they handed over it was the largest economy in Africa.
“So we need experience. We need somebody that is straight. We don’t need somebody that likes to cut corners.
“As soon as you vote for Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria will survive, Nigeria will keep going from strength to strength. Our economy will begin to boom, it will begin to move forward”, the Governor said.
The Chairman of the PDP presidential campaign council and Governor of Akwa Ibom, Mr Udom Emmanuel, said, “We are here just for one mission; we are bringing you the best product, we are bringing you the best message, as far as 2023 is concerned”.
Continuing, Emmanuel asked: “Are you happy with the current situation in Nigeria? Are you happy with the security situation? Are you happy with the education in Nigeria? Where is the solution?
“When some of us were very young, Osogbo used to be almost the headquarters of electricity. Today, do you have electricity 24/7? Do you have electricity in Osogbo?
“Whenever they discussed power in those days in Nigeria after Kainji, another place they used to mention was Osogbo.
“We expected that the economy that was built by our candidate and President Olusegun Obasanjo and PDP government would be sustained in Osun State. By now, industries would have been everywhere because industries are looking for power, but today one of the messages we have for the people of Osun is we will restore power in Osun, we will give you electricity in Osun.
“We will rescue this economy, the youths you’ll be back, education will be restored, security will be restored, and the lost glory of Nigeria will be restored” he assured.
