Atiku Abubakar, a presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), promises that if elected, he will restructure Nigeria within six months of taking office.
At the PDP Presidential Diaspora Campaign Grand Finale held in Abuja, he made this statement.
Former PDP National Chairman Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, who served as Atiku’s representative, claimed that the necessary research to achieve restructuring in Nigeria had been completed.
Nwodo is the Deputy Director, Research and Strategy, of the PDP residential Campaign Council ( PCC).
He said that Nigeria worked better when every region controlled its natural resources.
The former Vice president recalled that existing socio-economic developments were put in place when regions controlled their resources.
“When we are talking about restructuring by Executive Order, in the first six months, this country will not be what you are seeing today.
“This has been worked out and I’m just waiting to be sworn in on May 29 and the plans will be rolled out.”
He said that Nigeria was a great country, adding that all that it required was good leadership.
“We will provide that kind of leadership,” he declared.
Atiku further said that if elected, he would rescue Nigeria from all indices that had portrayed it in bad light.
He listed his five-point agenda to include education and security, saying that he would restore security to the country by nipping in the bud factors responsible for rising violence.
Earlier, Director, Directorate of Diaspora Groups, PDP PCC, Prof. Isa Odidi, had said that Nigerians in Diaspora believe that Atiku would articulate and implement the Diaspora Policy Framework to help capture, harness and channel their expertise to the country.
“Atiku’s government will do more to remove obstacles and create opportunities for Nigerians in the Diaspora to engage in economic development of Nigeria.
“We all unequivocally support Atiku/Okowa for President and Vice President of Nigeria,” he he asserted. (NAN)
