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Re: Atiku Vows To End Multiple Exchange Rates by nwatthu(m): 10:26am On Sep 07, 2018
i sincerely think Atiku will make a good President, sometimes, intergrity is not all we need to make an impact, Buhari regime is a typical case in point..Nigeria is idle under Buhari, we need someone to SPICE this up...Atiku, u bought urself an early vote after listening to this man speak.Am praying for ur success.


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Nigerian presidential hopeful Atiku Abubakar said he will scrap a system of multiple exchange rates to attract foreign investment and accused President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to deal with the nation’s security challenges.

“I would definitely end” the existence of several naira rates, Abubakar, a 71-year-old former vice president, told reporters Monday in Lagos, the commercial capital of Africa’s biggest oil producer. “It’s clearly anti-business and anti-foreign investment.”

Investors and the International Monetary Fund have long called for Nigeria to liberalize its currency regime to boost an economy that’s still struggling after the 2014 crash in crude prices. While he would need more advice before deciding whether to float the naira, it was important to have a “deregulated foreign-exchange market,” Abubakar said in a separate interview.

Abubakar, a Muslim from the north and a father of 26 children, is one of the main contenders to be the candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, which will hold primaries later this year, along with Senate President Bukola Saraki and three former state governors. Abubakar defected from Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress last year, the second time he returned to the PDP in a decade.

Abubakar has been a presidential aspirant in three different parties since Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999. He lost to Buhari in the APC primaries in 2015 but supported him as the candidate. Buhari’s victory against then President Goodluck Jonathan marked the first time in Nigeria’s history that an opposition challenger took power through the ballot box.

Buhari may not be willing to leave office if he loses the election in February, Abubakar said.

“He is very stern, very uncompromising and power-drunk,” Abubakar said. “He may not be ready to relinquish power without a fight. I have my fears. There may not be credible elections.”

A former Nigerian Customs Service top official who became a major shareholder in Intels Nigeria Ltd., an oil-service company, he favors regional autonomy and power devolution, a stance that has popular appeal particularly in southern Nigeria.

Abubakar blamed Buhari for failing to diversify the economy from oil and handle security problems ranging from Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency to deadly clashes between farmers and herdsmen.

“It’s been a disappointment,” he said. “We have done very badly as far as the economy, security and the unity of the country are concerned.”

Abubakar said his experience as vice president and in business stood him in good stead to govern Nigeria.

“I have a strong track record,” he said. “The economy did well when we were in government. The private sector was booming. And I’ve been a successful businessman. Buhari has driven out foreign investors.”

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Re: Atiku Vows To End Multiple Exchange Rates by nwatthu(m): 10:27am On Sep 07, 2018
please remind them
Godlylifeoneart:
No to Buhari and kwankwaso the ethnic bigot
Re: Atiku Vows To End Multiple Exchange Rates by nwatthu(m): 10:28am On Sep 07, 2018
i sincerely think Atiku will make a good President, sometimes, intergrity is not all we need to make an impact, Buhari regime is a typical case in point..Nigeria is idle under Buhari, we need someone to SPICE this up...Atiku, u bought urself an early vote after listening to this man speak.Am praying for ur success.
Seenyo:
.....though he has his flaws like every other mortal, this dude will surely be a far better manager than the lifeless anscestor I wasted my vote on.
Re: Atiku Vows To End Multiple Exchange Rates by Nobody: 8:50am On Sep 08, 2018
nwatthu:
i sincerely think Atiku will make a good President, sometimes, intergrity is not all we need to make an impact, Buhari regime is a typical case in point..Nigeria is idle under Buhari, we need someone to SPICE this up...Atiku, u bought urself an early vote after listening to this man speak.Am praying for ur success.
thumbs up!.... buhari is even grossly INTEGRITY-DEFICIENT! as at today, I'll vote even a stone over him.

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