Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the new leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to work hard to rescue Nigeria and its people from the “ mis-governance ” of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Atiku’s call is contained in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja shortly after the national convention of the party on Saturday.
The convention saw the emergence of a new leadership of the party.
Atiku said the people of Nigeria looked up to the PDP to rescue them from the grip of the APC which according to him had become noted for deceit.
He said the party needed to be united to be able to accomplish the job of sacking the APC government.
His words: “Our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party is, again, at the threshold of an historical moment. Just as we mobilised to put an end to prolonged military rule in 1999, the people of Nigeria at this moment look up to us to rescue the country from the mis-government of the APC.
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“Arising from our elective congress, there should be no victor and no vanquished. Our paramount attention should be focused at sacking a government that deceived the people of Nigeria into power by promising our youths three million jobs annually, only to deliver three million job losses annually; a government that is repeatedly living in denial of its commitment to restructuring. We must be united to take power back to where it belongs: the Nigerian people.”
Atiku stated further: “As members of the PDP, we must take pride in being able to hold a national convention and in so doing live up to the bill of being a truly democratic political party. Our major opponent has not been able to achieve this feat and I join millions of our party members to congratulate the Ahmed Makarfi-led national caretaker committee.
“I understand that there are complaints and grievances from many of the co-contestants in the congress. I am aware that the PDP has a mechanism for addressing such complaints and it is important that such avenues of redress are made available for members to explore without let or hindrance. Meantime, I call on all our leaders and members to rally the new executive for the sake of our party, Nigeria and the good of our people.”
