{"id":99753,"date":"2022-09-27T19:01:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T18:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99753"},"modified":"2022-09-27T19:01:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T18:01:31","slug":"breaking-atiku-assures-ndigbo-of-presidency-after-his-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-atiku-assures-ndigbo-of-presidency-after-his-tenure\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Atiku assures Ndigbo of presidency after his tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday said that Ndigbo will have to tarry awhile on the presidential queue and take their turn after he must have completed his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku who was upbeat on his prospects in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, however, did not say whether the wait will be for four or eight years.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">But he harped on his longstanding relationship with Ndigbo which transcended politics and included filial relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have three Igbo children and I am saying this for the very first time in public. So, my relationship with Ndigbo did not start today,\u201d Atiku said.<\/p>\n<p>On the political front, he said, \u201cI\u2019ve had close relationship with the Igbos and this influenced my choices of Senator Ben Obi and Mr. Peter Obi as my running mates in my two previous outings as presidential candidate. Again, I have chosen another great Igbo here (Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa) for the third time as my running mate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PDP candidate, who insisted that he would win the 2023 presidential poll, said his great relationship with the Igbos would continue until they assume the presidency after his tenure.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAtiku, who was addressing Southeast PDP stakeholders in Enugu on Tuesday ahead of the official flag off of presidential campaigns on Wednesday, said: \u201cI am the stepping stone for Igbos to become President of Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But before then, he vowed to prioritise developmental projects in the Southeast and other regions when elected, saying that any project in any State is a favour to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>While promising to prioritise projects in Southeast, Atiku took a swipe at the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration for segregating some parts of the country with the paucity of projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second Niger Bridge in Onitsha is not a favour to the Southeast, rather it is or should be seen as a favour to Nigeria. This is because it is not only the people of the Southeast that use the bridge,\u201d Atiku said.<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed concern over the ongoing sit-at-home in the region which he said had dealt a big blow to the economy of the region and the country at large, calling on elders in the region to speak out against it.<\/p>\n<p>He said his administration would pay close attention to tackling insecurity, economic and other challenges bedeviling the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/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 and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday said that Ndigbo will have to tarry awhile on the presidential queue and&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":99754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99753","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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