Workable democracy must be anchored on honesty, decency, by Atiku

•Accuses APC of destroying dignity of Nigerians.

By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has declared that the strength of a democracy is derived from the conduct of its operators.

Atiku maintained that any democracy that aims to work for the people must be anchored on the principles of decency, honesty and fair play.

In a message to his supporters on social media yesterday, Atiku explained that the major objective of his continuing meetings with officials of countries that Nigeria shares common interest  in democracy with, is to ensure that Nigeria’s election next year is free, fair and reflects the wishes of the people.

The former Vice President of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007 optimistically said that the  2023 general election will be won by the political party and candidate who can unify the country and recover the economy from the comatose that the APC has led the nation into.

According to him, “I have always believed that the strength of a democracy is derived from the conduct of its operators.

“Therefore, for me, any democracy that aims to work for the people must be anchored on the principles of decency, honesty and fair play.

“The major objective of my continuing meetings with  officials of countries that Nigeria shares common interest  in democracy with,  is to ensure that our election next year is free, fair and reflects the wishes of the people.

“And I’m happy to inform you that my team secured a strong commitment towards this objective from the united states government and its institutions.

“The 2023 polls is the most consequential election in our democratic journey; it is crucial and the world is taking a keen interest in it. 

“That’s why it gets disturbing seeing that some players in the election will rather use the microphone to throw vitriols than communicate issues that affect the country.

“The APC will not want to discuss those issues because they know that they have a very poor record. A record of destroying the dignity of all Nigerians.

“When next you hear them say some nasty things, let’s remind them that nigeria is at this low because apc happened.

“Let’s also tell them that the election next year will be won by the political party and candidate who can unify the country and recover the economy from the comatose that the apc has led us into. That party is the PDP”, he said.