{"id":93156,"date":"2022-03-23T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93156"},"modified":"2022-03-23T18:24:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:24:09","slug":"2023-mammoth-crowd-grace-atikus-presidential-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2023-mammoth-crowd-grace-atikus-presidential-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: Mammoth crowd grace Atiku&#8217;s presidential declaration\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1728109178192366904\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8230; Nigeria needs a visionary leader like me in 2023, declares former VP<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday marshalled out reasons why Nigerians should elect him president in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku gave the reasons when he formally declared his intention to run for the office of the president in the 2023 election.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAtiku, who made the declaration at a crowded International Conference Centre in Abuja, said Nigeria is like a sinking ship that must be urgently rescued.<\/p>\n<p>He prides himself as that rescuer that the country urgently needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder my captainship, this ship will sail to brighter days by the grace of God. This is a journey I will take with all Nigerians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the ceremony, the presidential hopeful said the most fundamental right of every Nigerian is the right to life.<\/p>\n<p>He, who lamented that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has failed to protect the life of Nigerians, vowed that \u201cunder my Presidency, I will not tolerate insecurity.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Taking a swipe at the APC, Atiku said: \u201cThey said we should go back to farms. How can Nigerians return to the farms when you have not secured the farms?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the APC came in 2015, they met a debt profile of N12tn. But now we have more than N32tn in debt. Under my watch, I will reduce borrowing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The former Vice president stressed that the country is in dire need of visionary leadership like himself. He described the current state of Nigeria to that of \u201ca sinking ship that must be urgently rescued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI offer myself to rescue the ship. Under my captainship, this ship will sail to brighter days by the grace of God. This is a journey I will take with all Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder my Presidency I will focus on five key areas; unity, security, economy, education and devolving more powers to the federating units. I am the unifier that is coming to bind the broken union. Under my Presidency there will be a new Nigeria where everybody has an equal voice and is heard,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In his address Governor Fintiri who is the chief host told the crowd that Atiku Abubakar represents a special treasure to Nigeria, adding that \u201cHe is probably the most experienced person in the presidential race at the moment not only in our party, the PDP but in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Atiku\u2019s lack of victory over the years, might have been for a purpose like this moment, \u201clike 2023 when Nigeria will be led by a person of his capacity, acumen and pedigree to lead the country after colossal damage meted on it by the fallen APC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fintiri said, \u201cAtiku Abubakar is well prepared to lead Nigeria at his most demanding moment. He built a world-class university in the heart of the most educationally disadvantaged region in Nigeria. He has created wealth and provided jobs as a politician. His democratic credential is unequalled. He is the President that will unite and secure the country, salvage the economy and create jobs for our citizens.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Among the dignitaries at the declaration were former Vice President Muhammad Namadi Sambo; Adamawa State Governor Umaru Fintiri; Former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, Chief Tom Ikimi,\u00a0Senator Dino Melaye, Ambassador Roland Omowa and Josephine Anenih among others.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/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>&#8230; Nigeria needs a visionary leader like me in 2023, declares former VP Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday marshalled out reasons why Nigerians should elect&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":93157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93156","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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