The happy Atiku Abubakar. |
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carnival like atmosphere took over the city of Yola, capital of Adamawa State on Saturday as
former Vice President of Nigeria and leading presidential aspirant of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar formally declared his bid for the 2019
presidential election.
While announcing his declaration to contest the 2019 presidential election, Atiku remarked that the current APC government had performed below par on managing the economy, keeping the country united and stemming the trend of wanton loss of lives in the country.
“Fellow Nigerians, the
government of APC has failed, it has failed to unite Nigerians” Atiku said
adding “today we are more divided than in any other time in the history of this
country”.
According to him, “the APC government has destroyed our economy.
They took over an economy with a growth of 7 per cent and brought it down to
less than 2 per cent. Today we are witnessing the most insecure situation in
Nigeria ever since APC took over.”
He noted that more people have died in Nigeria under the APC
than in Iran and Afghanistan even as the country’s economy continues to
flounder.
“Today we have the highest unemployment rate in this country.
More than 10 million of our people have been made unemployed under the watch of
the APC administration”.
“What the PDP is going to do is to restore our economy,
restore hope of a greater Nigeria and ensure that we have security of lives and
property.
“I therefore appeal to all of you wherever you may be that it is
time to now re-embrace the party that has given us unity, prosperity and
security in this country.
The Chairman of the PDP in Adamawa State Barrister Tahir
Shehu also welcomed new defectors into the PDP.
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