{"id":61881,"date":"2018-04-24T21:45:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T20:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=61881"},"modified":"2018-04-24T21:45:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T20:45:35","slug":"atiku-i-am-not-desperate-to-be-president-of-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atiku-i-am-not-desperate-to-be-president-of-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku: I am Not Desperate To Be President of Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yiv9596727318ydpb4df665asignature\">Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he is not a desperate politician.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv9596727318ydpb4df665asignature\">\n<p>He argued that if he was desperate, he wouldn\u2019t have stepped down for M.K.O Abiola in 1993 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I am desperate, I wouldn\u2019t have stepped down for M.K.O Abiola in 1993 presidential race,\u201d said Atiku who has already declared interest in contesting for the presidency in the 2019 general election.<\/p>\n<div>He spoke in an interview with BBC Hausa morning programme on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Atiku said, \u201cIn 1993, I contested with M.K.O Abiola. I later withdrew from the race. In 1999, I was elected a governor of Adamawa state, then invited to be Nigeria\u2019s vice president, under Olusegun Obasanjo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku said in 1997, he contested against the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, \u201cTo show the world that I have the right to contest and I did that to satisfy my conscience\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the times I have been contesting for the presidency, I have been opportune only once to be presented to Nigerians as a candidate,\u201d he said, adding that the remaining times, he ended up only at the primary election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could have become Nigeria\u2019s president in 2003 when virtually, all the state governors then, rallied support for me to contest which I declined. I am not desperate to be president as some Nigerians view it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a former vice president, I am opportune to know things. If I am opportune to be elected as a president, I will accomplish my mission by reviving the economy, by making Nigeria an investor\u2019s haven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe present administration discouraged investors into the country because the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) exchange rate policies is too tedious for investors. CBN has three different exchange rate policies, which is not supposed to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf elected Nigeria\u2019s president, I will expand the nation\u2019s source of wealth to cater for the growing youth population in the country. Nigeria can justify my claims, going by the number of youths that are working in my industries across the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/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>Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he is not a desperate politician. 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