The convener of Arewa Decides 2023 project in Kwara State, Ambassador Akanbi Ilyas Shola, says that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has come to rescue Nigeria from the 8-year maladministration of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
At a well attended gathering held at M&M Event Hall in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital on Thursday, Akanbi urged Nigerians to vote for Atiku who has the economic, political and security wherewithal to pilot the affairs of the country.
While delivering his opening remark at the Arewa Decides 2023 stakeholders’ parley, he said that he is confident that if elected Alhaji Atiku at the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the problems of insecurity, extreme poverty, high rate of unemployment among other crucial issues would be resolved.
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He said, “I want to remind everyone of the fact that this is the moment for us to come together and rescue Nigeria from the 8-year maladministration of the ruling APC-led government. To achieve this, there is a need for us to come together and work in unison to ensure victory at the polls.
“As we all know that our dear Party’s Presidential Candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a UNIFIER; he deserves the maximum support from every Nigerian.
“I am optimistic that the quagmire Nigerians have been facing can only be resolved by the presidency under the guidance of His Excellency, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
“I make bold to say that the deterioration of our security, economy, and high unemployment rates prevalent under the regime of the APC must be put to stop. The deliberate killings of our Universal Education and the level of our Out-of-School children will be addressed when we voted Atiku Abubakar into office come 2023,” Akanbi said.
Akanbi thanked the former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki for his struggle in ensuring that capable hands who can build a better and prosperous Nation are elected into office.
He added, “I want to express my gratitude to a leader per excellence, a man who believes in the struggle of the Nigerian Youths, a man who has seen the good and bad of the Nigeria struggle, a man whose vision to grow and fix Nigeria to a better and more prosperous Nation, a man who had taken Arewa to its limelight, no other person than the Former President of the Nigeria Senate, His Excellency Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki.”
In his address, the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Kwara State, Dr Mahmud Babatunde Ajeigbe noted that it is time to rescue and recover Nigeria from the abyss it has fallen into while calling on Nigerians to vote for “a man who is capable, responsible, accountable, youth-friendly, and sensitive to the yearnings of the people.”
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He, meanwhile, described Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as one of the most experienced politicians in Nigeria who understands Nigerian issues and how to manage Nigeria’s ethno-religious diversity.
“Although at the moment the PDP is the opposition party at the Federal level, events have shown and proven that our party must return to power not to only rescue Nigeria but also return the country into a developmental trajectory positioning it for socioeconomic growth, improved security and creating an enabling environment for its citizenry to live in harmony.”
“Atiku Abubakar is a Unifier, a highly experienced politician who knows what the people ranted. He does not differentiate among tribes. He has done it when he was the Vice-President, the excellent performances are there for everyone to revisit,” Ajeigbe stated.
Dignitaries present at the program include:Hon. Yakubu Jelil, the National Convener for Arewa Decides 2023 Project; PDP Federal House of Representatives Candidates from Ilorin West/Asa, Baruten/Kaiama/Patigi federal constituencies; Hon. Yusuf Eletu, the Director of Support Groups for Governorship Campaign Council in Kwara; Comrade Abulhamid Issa Adangba, the PDP Senatorial Youth Leader (Central).
Others include: State House of Assembly Candidates for Ilorin Central, Ilorin South state constituencies, Local Government Youth Leaders across the 16 local governments in Kwara; Amb. Anjorin Samuel, Saraki Peace Ambassadors Coordinator; Hon. Yakubu Jelil, the National Convener for Arewa Decides 2023 Project among others.