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Former Vice President and the People’s Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku has said that his government will devolve more powers to state and local governments if elected president.
Atiku who was in Ogun state on his campaign tour also vowed to bring more industries to the state and create jobs to the teaming unemployed youths.
According to the presidential candidate, “We have promised to devolve more powers to Ogun state and to the local governments in Ogun. We have promised to ensure the industrialization of Ogun state because Ogun state is endowed with so many mineral resources and in order to create jobs and prosperity, the federal government under the PDP government will make sure that the exploitation of those mineral resources and industrialization of Ogun is made a priority.
“We want to appeal to you to come out and vote and make sure that your votes are counted and also protect your vote. The APC government has failed us and therefore, it is our responsibility to make sure that we don’t return them to power.”
Also, the national chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu warned of dare consequences for states that have continued to obstruct its campaign train, insisting that PDP will stop at nothing from recovering the country.
He said, “Anywhere we go and they don’t give us a venue, it shows that APC is afraid. They were afraid of us in Osun state, they refused to give us the stadium, we did our rally on the road and we won. Anywhere we go and it is an APC controlled government, they make sure that we don’t get a venue. They are worried that they are going to lose power. We were in Ekiti, they refused to give us the appropriate venue, they closed all filling stations, there were no buses, that is to tell you that PDP is bouncing back. We are stronger than ever and because of that, no body should worry about whatever obstacle they put in our way.
“We will crush them at the polling booth, we will crush them at the ward, we will crush them at the local government and we will crush them nationally. We must recover this country we must rebuild Nigeria because we want a better living condition for our people.
“We know you are suffering, many of you can’t even eat in your houses, life is unbearable for you, you can’t even find fuel. I want to assure you that when Atiku Abubakar comes back to power, life will return better to those days that the PDP were able to create.
The Director General of the Campiagn and the Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal also maintained that Atiku is the only candidate that has proffered ways and means through which he is going to restructure Nigeria.
“There will be more powers to the state, there will be more powers to local government, there will be more resources, there will be more devolution of powers and devolution of resources for the development of our country.
“When you elect Atiku Abubakar, you are sure that you have a CEO that will drive your interest and engender good governance in Nigeria. The others, I believe that you cannot trust them. They don’t have the type of experience that Atiku Abubakar is having, of governance at the federal level. He is the most prepared of the candidates.”