Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. |
Former Vice President
of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
enjoins his family, friends, and associates to withhold from placing adverts to
congratulate him on his 72nd birthday coming up on November 25.
With utmost humility
and appreciation of their good intentions, the Waziri Adamawa would prefer if
his well-wishers instead channeled their funds for adverts and congratulatory
messages in the media, into charity organisations of their choice, such as
orphanages.
Atiku Abubakar
understands clearly that birthdays are a time of celebration, of looking back
and thanking God for life, for achievements and milestones, and for great
expectations of a more glorious future to come. He is also painfully aware
that, at this time, many Nigerians have little to celebrate: the millions who
are out of jobs, the civil servants who are owed months of salaries, the
indigenes of villages and towns across Nigeria whose daily reality is violent
insurgency or spontaneous attacks, the tens of millions whose dire economic
circumstances have earned Nigeria the shameful title of the world's extreme
poverty capital of the world to mention but a few.
These times call for
sober reflection and prayer, rather than merriment and jollification. These
times require laser sharp focus on rescuing Nigeria from economic crisis and
global ignominy. These times must be dedicated solely to the task of getting
Nigeria working again, on JOBS (Jobs, Opportunities, Being United and
Security). The time for celebration will definitely come. But, first of all,
the battle for the soul of our nation must be won.
Atiku Abubakar thanks
Nigerians for their overwhelming support of his quest to lead our great country
out of darkness into light in 2019. He humbly asks that they, please, keep him
constantly in their prayers, on his birthday and afterwards, for the battle
truly belongs to the Almighty God.
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