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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has said that the credential of national inclusivity, not ethnicity should be an ideal that the Northern part of the county should examine in electing a new president for the country in the 2023 elections.
Atiku
made the remarks when he featured as a guest of the Arewa Joint Committee
interactive sessions with various presidential candidates of political parties
on Saturday in Kaduna.
He
noted that with a political career that spans more than three decades, he
stands shoulder high as a Northerner who has built bridges of unity across the
country.
“I
have been in politics for more than three decades and I am a Northerner. So, if
you ask me why I am the best candidate to lead Nigeria in 2023, I will simply
say that what Nigeria needs is a pan-Nigerian president, not whether he is
Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa-Fulani”.
The
session, which took place at the Arewa House was attended by high ranking
leaders of various North based socio-cultural bodies.
Atiku,
while delivering his speech at the event, highlighted the key policy agendas
which he seeks to pursue if elected president to include promoting national
unity through deliberate actions that will secure mutual trust and confidence
amongst all tendencies.
The
other policy areas that the former Vice President enumerated are reforms in
education, agriculture and reversing the economic downturn of the country.
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