{"id":114150,"date":"2024-08-29T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114150"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:04:07","slug":"atiku-replies-bode-george-urges-him-to-focus-on-tinubus-ill-advised-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atiku-replies-bode-george-urges-him-to-focus-on-tinubus-ill-advised-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku replies Bode George, urges him to focus on Tinubu\u2019s \u2018ill-advised policies\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1808721507543238267\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has responded to advice from his party\u2019s Board of Trustees (BoT) member, Bode George, that he should jettison the idea of running for the presidency in 2027.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com had earlier reported that George, while advising the former vice president to bury any thought of vying for Nigeria\u2019s presidency in 2027, urged him to take a cue from the United States President, Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>However, while reacting to the PDP chieftain\u2019s comment via a statement issued by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, Atiku said he\u2019s currently not preoccupied with the 2027 presidency but the plight of Nigerians suffering hunger and deprivation due to President Bola Tinubu\u2019s bad policies.<\/p>\n<p>He further charged George to advise Tinubu to reassess his policies affecting Nigerians and not comment on his political future.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cWe cannot afford to put the cart before the horse. At this point, Atiku Abubakar\u2019s preoccupation is not 2027. His concern is about 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is about 2025 and 2026 and beyond. His concern is about the plight of Nigerians who are literarily going through hell because of the failed trial-and-error policies of this administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average citizen, and indeed all Nigerians, need to survive the tsunami that has become the administration of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is insensitive to be talking about 2027 now when the 2023 mandate has not yielded any tangible benefits for Nigerians, who are now far worse off in every facet of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBode George himself should also turn his attention to counselling Tinubu to reassess some of his ill-advised policies that have deepened poverty and divisions in our country instead of prioritising the politics of 2027.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has responded to advice from his party\u2019s Board of Trustees (BoT) member, Bode George, that he should jettison the idea of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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