{"id":31606,"date":"2014-09-30T14:56:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T13:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31606"},"modified":"2014-09-30T14:56:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T13:56:33","slug":"nigeria-54-politicians-getting-richer-bad-omen-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigeria-54-politicians-getting-richer-bad-omen-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria @ 54: Politicians Getting Richer, A Bad Omen-Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412084650525_2413\" class=\"message content\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412084650525_2450\" class=\"base-card \" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412084650525_2492\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412084650525_2451\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">Former Vice President has observed that after 54 years of independence,<br \/>\nthe ordinary Nigerians are still lamenting what independence meant to<br \/>\ntheir lives because of the widening gap between the leaders and the<br \/>\npeople.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued in Abuja by his media office, the former Vice<br \/>\nPresident noted that many Nigerians were concerned about how democratic<br \/>\ngovernance has changed the quality of their lives for the better.<\/p>\n<p>He regretted that the rate at which poverty is ravaging Nigeria is<br \/>\ninconsistent with the vast resources available to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the country\u2019s wealth does not automatically lead to<br \/>\nbetter life if good governance is lacking.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku said the rate at which unemployment is accelerating among Nigeria\u2019s<br \/>\nyouth, creates youth restiveness, which itself lead to other social crises<br \/>\nsuch as armed robbery and other violent crimes.<\/p>\n<p>At 54, he said, Nigeria should have counted among countries that have<br \/>\nlifted its citizens out of poverty.<\/p>\n<p>The former Vice President also noted that a situation where the leaders<br \/>\nare getting richer at the expense of the people while the ordinary<br \/>\ncitizens are becoming poorer is a bad omen for the country.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that even before the current grim security challenges,<br \/>\npoverty, disease, hunger and unemployment were dominant features of the<br \/>\ncountry\u2019s challenges of development.<\/p>\n<p>As the sixth largest oil producer in the world, Atiku insisted that<br \/>\nNigeria has no excuse for failing to lift its people out of poverty.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that there is a correlation between the quality of the country\u2019s<br \/>\nleadership and the quality of good governance. According to him, \u201cwe<br \/>\nshould not expect individual leaders to rise above their own level of<br \/>\ncompetence. Those seeking elective offices must be adequately prepared for<br \/>\nleadership; they must be people with vision and commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku Abubakar warned that unfulfilled promises leads to disillusionment,<br \/>\nthereby creating disconnect between the leaders and the led.<\/p>\n<p>On the country\u2019s unity, Atiku blamed politicians for playing up the ethnic<br \/>\nand religious differences for personal advantages. This attitude, he said,<br \/>\nputs the unity of the country under a severe strain.<br \/>\nThe former Vice President, however, noted that Nigerians should not lose<br \/>\nhope in the country, stressing that the country could get out of the woods<br \/>\nif leaders are elected on the basis of their competences rather than<br \/>\nprimordial considerations.<br \/>\nHe said the consequences of misgovernance and poor leadership have no<br \/>\nethnic and religious borders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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>Former Vice President has observed that after 54 years of independence, the ordinary Nigerians are still lamenting what independence meant to their lives because of the widening gap between the&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":30180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31606","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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