Former vice president and the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar has criticized the activities of Buhari-led administration, says it will be unfortunate to give APC another chance.
As maintained by PUNCH, the former vice president openly made the criticism on Saturday during his Edo state presidential campaign at Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, Benin city.
While addressing the crowd of supporters at the event, Atiku pledged to establish state Police to ensure maximum security. He said his priority assignment is to unify the country that has been disunited by Buhari-led administration.
In his words, “My priority assignment as President is to unify this country. The current APC government has done a lot to destroy the unity of this country and it will be unfortunate to give them another opportunity to continue their bad job. So, I am going to correct that”.
“Secondly, we are going to ensure that we provide security and make it possible again for Nigerians to travel across the country without any fear of security breach. We will also ensure that our children receive quality and sustainable education. The PDP did this by enacting the universal basic education law, which gave the rights to our children to have compulsory education”.
“Similarly, we shall boost the economy and bring in the private sector to create jobs for the youths; provide infrastructure and restore the confidence of Nigerians in the public sector. Again, we are going to make sure that we devolve more power and responsibilities to the state and local governments and bring the government closer to the people.”
However, it was observed that aggrieved PDP governors which include Nyeson Wike (Rivers), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) did not attend the Edo state presidential campaign.
