Mobolaji Michael
A group, Nigeria Youths For Atiku, has called on the former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to give the presidency another shot in 2027.
Rising from its annual convention in Lagos over the weekend, the President of the group, Professor Emmanuel, in a statement by the Director of Publicity of the group, Dare Dada, said some of the key personal achievements of the former President which inter Alia include running one of the most successful international University in Nigeria and other fleets of businesses which today has been quite successful.
“We are of the opinion that anyone seeking public office must first of all be successful in private business. He urged Atiku to bring his experience in private business to the fore in the running of the economy of the country”, he stressed.
Professor Emmanuel at a press briefing after the end of the group’s convention, further highlighted Waziri Adamawa’s philanthropic and humble gesture as a major area of strength required of any aspiring leader.
“His desire to see to the education of some of the Chibok girls who were rescued years back without making it a publicity item is commendable”, he said.
Professor Emmanuel, the convener of the group also spoke of the current economic hardship being faced by Nigerians and assured all that Atiku is capable of navigating Nigeria in the right economic direction if given the opportunity to run the affairs of the country.
In his remark during the convention, he emphasized the need to elect a passionate president who understands the economic and political demography of the country rather than electing leaders based on ethnic considerations.
He reminded the participants that Alhaji Atiku paraded the best economic blueprint during the 2023 presidential election, and this is even as he accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of stealing some of the programmes which they were already implementing but in the wrong way.
“To correct the current economic distortions brought about by bad policies of the APC-led government, a man with vast experience both in private and public enterprise needs to be in the saddle come 2027”, the group emphasized.
Nigeria Youths For Atiku Is a leading support group which has solid grassroots bases across the 36 states in Nigeria.
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