The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has declared that contrary to wide insinuations, he was not desperate for power, however, he was running to change the sorry state of the country for the better.
He spoke in Abuja when the Council of National Students Presidents of Nigeria (CNSPN), made up of National Association of University Students (NAUS), Postgraduate Students Association of Nigeria (PSAN), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), and National Association of Colleges of Agriculture Students (NACAS), endorsed him as their sole presidential candidate.
He lauded President Muhamamdu Buhari for committing to a free, fair, and credible election.
‘I am not desperate for office; I am running to change things. Under my watch, so many things will change. I’ve made a covenant with the Nigerian people. We need to appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari for insisting elections must be free and fair. We need to appreciate that move.’
The former vice president who was represented by former Speaker, the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, tasked Nigerians to endure the pains occasioned by the new naira-redesigned policy.
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He said whatever pains citizens were passing through because of the naira policy were not comparable to the pains of allowing fraudsters to take over the country. ‘ Nigerians should bear the pains as part of the sacrifice we must make to make Nigeria. Nobody will free us if we don’t free ourselves,’ he said.
Obaji Uchenna Marshal, National president, NAUS and Chairman, CNSPN said more than 42.5 million students’ members, both at home and in the Diaspora, were with Atiku.
‘The CNSPN has taken her time to follow all the frontline candidates closely, gone through their policy working documents (Manifestos), and after keen scrutiny, the CNSPN have come to the conclusion that the manifesto of the PDP, which carries the Atiku/Okowa tickets is the most reliable, realizable, they are only ones that provides answers to Nigeria’s quests and above all, the most educationally friendly, the working document of the PDP is the only document that goes beyond making political promises to actually providing blueprint on how to have these promises achieved,’ he said.
Meanwhile, the PDP presidential campaign council has promised that Atiku was not interested in carrying out a vendetta against Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, if he wins Saturday’s election, despite his perceived anti-party activities.