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Former Vice President and a People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential hopeful in the coming 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubabar has asked the party to give him the right of first refusal, because he is the best aspirant to win the election for the Party.<\/p>\n
Addressing members of the National Working Committee, (NWC) of the party Thursdays, Atiku also said he should be considered because he already has eleven million votes in his kitty and with the support of the party, he can coast to victory at the polls.<\/p>\n
Atiku said, \u201cI am the best candidate. Under normal circumstances Mr. Chairman, this is a guy who already has 11 million votes in his kitty. And I think, as a party, you should give me the right of first refusal but we are in a democracy. All I can urge you is to make sure that the way you have started, you also conclude by being very fair, very credible, giving every contestant the opportunity to face the electorate.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said Nigerians should expect an excellent leadership from the PDP, based on the way the NWC is handling the affairs of the party, adding that \u201cwe all know that the APC has failed but we should not take Nigerians for granted. We should go all out to let them know APC has failed and PDP has not failed on our comparative analysis. If you compare the achievements of PDP and the failure of APC, you know that you have no other choice than PDP.\u201d<\/p>\n
On his plans for the country, Atiku promised to devolve more powers and resources to the States \u201cbecause I believe that it is the best way to get Nigeria developed to its fullest capacity by giving autonomy and resources to the various components.\u201d<\/p>\n
He promised to reunite the country, deal with security issues and the economy, recalling that during a visit to Niger state, \u201cThe governor told me, we have about twelve local governments, which are under the control of bandits. We don’t know how to conduct elections in those local governments. And I went to the President, I said, Mr. President, we need more policemen and the President said how can I give you more policemen when the Inspector General of Police and the Police Service Commission are in court on who will recruit policemen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot be that kind of President. We cannot recruit policemen because the two agencies are in court and we have a president who cannot bring under control his own heads of departments, not even ministers.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his response, the Party Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu urged Nigerians to be patient with the party\u00a0 as it has its own internal mechanisms of selecting a candidate whether by consensus or by election \u201cwe do it transparently.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThose who love our party more than us should please tarry a little; they should not select candidates for the Party. They don’t have our mandate and we will not concede that mandate to anybody, Young or an elder who chooses by himself to choose a candidate for us. Our internal processes will go ahead and we are going ahead with it. At the end of the day, we’ll come up with a candidate chosen by the members of the Party themselves. It is that candidate that will present to the rest of Nigeria for the forthcoming elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe appreciate the enthusiasm of those who support our party from the outside. They should continue to do so. But they don’t have our mandate to determine who will be our presidential candidate. And on that note, I want all 17 of you to continue to canvass for votes across the breadth of this country.<\/p>\n
\u201cI also want to plead with you not to attack each other. You must remain as members of one family, you must continue to hold meetings and visit each other and call each other on the phone. You must continue to relate to try and create the necessary synergy, because whoever emerges as a candidate will need the others to win the presidential election. No single person can on his or her own go around Nigeria and canvass for votes and win an election.<\/p>\n
\u201cPDP has never had a controversial convention; we always have a transparent convention, from the one that produced President Obasanjo in Jos in 1999, to the last one that produced you in Port Harcourt.\u201d<\/p>\n
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