Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the PDP, held its campaign kickoff in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital on Monday with its presidential candidate , Alhaji Atiku Abubakar promising to rescue Nigeria from its myriad of problems and also unify the country.
He assured that the PDP would rescue Nigeria from hunger, poverty, insecurity, lack of jobs and disunity.
Recalling that before the PDP was voted into power in 1999, there was poverty, insecurity and lack of education, the party according to him did the needful to change the narrative.
‘We lifted Nigeria from the bottom to the top. We became the biggest economy in Africa, we had peace and we had progress’ he said.
Atiku alleged that since the All Progressives Congress (APC) became the ruling party in 2015, things had changed for worse.
‘What we have seen is poverty, insecurity, lack of jobs and disunity. Our children are no longer going to school’ he said.
Atiku, a one-time vice president, urged Nigerians to vote the PDP into power to rescue the country from hunger, poverty and bring back unity.
‘I want to appeal to all Nigerians; I am standing in Akwa Ibom today to ask them to vote for PDP. If you vote for PDP, it would be a return to prosperity, it would be a return to unity and it would be a return to your safety. There would be no more hunger, there would be security.
I swear, if you vote for PDP, you will not be out of school, you will get jobs, there will be security, there will be unity’ he said.
Also speaking, PDP vice presidential candidate , who is also the governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, asked Nigerians to take the ongoing mission by the PDP to rescue the country seriously saying the PDP had offered to rescue the country and was prepared to make Nigeria a nation where people can trust one another.
Chairman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council , who is also the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, said the party would restore hope and faith in the common dreams of the people.
Emmanuel, who accused the APC of causing the country’s problems, called on Nigerians to end the hardships.
PDP national chairman , former senator Iyorchia Ayu, commended the people for the support, saying their turnout showed that the ‘PDP train’ was more than a party.
‘It is important that those who have not joined the PDP train should come on board. We know the problems of Nigerians. Nigerians are not interested in our individual problems. Nigerians are hungry and suffering from all kinds of illness. Nigerians cannot sleep in peace because of insecurity. Let us all join hands together because we have the solutions’ he said.
‘Today is a remarkable day. The entire Nigerians are here. Our presidential candidate and his vice are the persons to beat. PDP is the only party in today’s Nigeria that is ready to take over power.
We will have success and there is no doubt about it. We used to say there is no vacancy in Aso Villa. Today, there is vacancy, and the only two persons that would occupy it are our presidential candidate and his vice’ Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, Adolphus Wagbara, also submitted.
The Director-General, PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee and governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, also asserted that Atiku and Okowa would rescue Nigeria from its problems.
‘Our party is presenting hope. These two great Nigerians are moving the party forward. These two Nigerians will move the country forward. We have a balanced ticket that can deliver Nigeria from its current situation. I call on Nigerians to vote this team that would rescue Nigeria’ he said.
Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State, who spoke on behalf of the PDP governors , said Atiku and Okowa are two outstanding Nigerians that would reset the country for the good of the young people.
‘We assure you that once the team of PDP gets into power, we would change the narratives. You can move freely in Nigeria and there is no more harassment’ he said.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned Governor Nyesom Wike , Governor Seyi Makinde , Governor Samuel Ortom , Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who had for about five months now called for the removal of Ayu as PDP National Chairman, did not attend the campaign flag off – Team@orientactualmags.com
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