Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said that the greatest threat to national security was the rising wave of poverty that has remained unchecked among Nigerians.

In his reflection on the state of the nation, Atiku observed that the most dangerous dimension to the poverty ravaging the country was that the financial capacity of industrialists, businessmen and factory owners, who provide employment to the teeming youths, was also drastically reducing.

Atiku said there was an urgent and compelling need for institutions of the Nigerian State to understand that it is an appalling dereliction of duty to stand idly by and allow misery multiply in the populace.


In a statement by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, the former Vice President noted that the recent report by the United Nations Development Programme, published on July 11, 2019, which established that over 98 million Nigerians were living in multidimensional poverty, was a frightening corroboration that poverty had become the fastest growing venture in Nigeria in the last four years.

Specifically, Atiku lamented the drastic reduction in the wealth of employment providers, noting that the situation was no longer a grassroots problem and was a confirmation that the failure of the nation’s economy over the last four years affected everyone from top to bottom.

“Four years ago, Aliko Dangote, Nigeria’s richest man, was worth $25 billion. However, his net worth in 2019 is less than half of that. He joins thousands of industrialists whose wealth and their ability to produce, has eroded in recent years, and continue to do so.

“With the National Bureau of Statistics reporting a net job loss of over six million since 2015, we see that if industrialists have their wealth eroding, it affects their ability to create opportunities, which means that the trickle-down effect gradually dries,” he said.

The ex-VP stressed further: “The greatest national security threat Nigeria faces in 2019 is not Boko Haram/ISWAP or bandits. It is that we have created the largest wave of poverty in human history. And the world is noticing, hence Foreign Direct Investment is shifting from Nigeria to Ghana, making Ghana the top recipient of FDI in West Africa in the last year.”

And in the wake of the UNDP report, Atiku is saddened by the nonchalance of those he alleged led the country into the supposed poverty crisis.

He said: “It is as though they think that as long as they and their families are not amongst those 98 million extremely poor Nigerians, things can carry on as before. But that cannot be allowed to be the case.”

Atiku therefore called on all stakeholders who have the ability, including the Council of State, all former leaders, elder-statesmen, and especially the other arms of government, to “begin to collaborate for solutions, before the number increases from 98 million, to all 198 million Nigerians.”

“We must remember that we are stakeholders in the Nigerian project. Stakeholders who must speak up for those 98 million people who are losing their voices to poverty,” he added.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/07/rising-poverty-greatest-national.html

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Cant wait to vote this man in 2023

Thank you Atiku

We from Delta state loves u.

Thanks, we know

We seriously need a SOS in this country things are going from bad to worse and there is no hope in sight rather dwindling development. God help us

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Who told you Nigerians are complaining? Nigerians love their poverty like that! What's Atikus problem
Job losses everywhere, kidnappers overrunning the nation, herdsmen killing and kidnappings others... The list is endless but Nigerians love Bihari more than they love Nigeria. Atiku should go and rest.

Obasanjo & Atiku always making valid points..............but what did they do when they were in power? They were busy chasing their own agenda while boko haram were springing up in the north and militants & cultists were terrorising the south

Biharis is incompetent to do anything about it. He failed in all business ventures post military rule for goodness sake!

Nukilia:
Who told you Nigerians are complaining? Nigerians love their poverty like that! What's Atikus problem
Job losses everywhere, kidnappers overrunning the nation, herdsmen killing and kidnappings others... The list is endless but Nigerians love Bihari more than they love Nigeria. Atiku should go and rest.

I SUPPORT that as well.
He should just GET OUT.
They connived to introduce BUHARI into the ECONOMY while they ousted GEJ...
So why is he complaining..
OBJ did the same.
They are all MAD.....

I use to think that Titanic ship wreck, Fukushima nuclear waste spill , Hurricane Katrina, Tsunami, Hiroshima Atomic bomb blast are some of the greatest disasters to mankind until the name Buhari entered the saddle. Infant Buhari is simply a disaster.

The FG should do something about population implosion, regulate your borders up north and pass laws on multiple births and birth controls since majority have refused to use common sense.

The Nigerian population has grown beyond market strength, it has become a burden.

Buhari stands for poverty in spirit and in physical. He has nothing to offer as long capitalizing and development is concern.

You and Obasanjo added to the problems we're facing today

akelicious:

Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said that the greatest threat to national security was the rising wave of poverty that has remained unchecked among Nigerians.

In his reflection on the state of the nation, Atiku observed that the most dangerous dimension to the poverty ravaging the country was that the financial capacity of industrialists, businessmen and factory owners, who provide employment to the teeming youths, was also drastically reducing.

Atiku said there was an urgent and compelling need for institutions of the Nigerian State to understand that it is an appalling dereliction of duty to stand idly by and allow misery multiply in the populace.


In a statement by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, the former Vice President noted that the recent report by the United Nations Development Programme, published on July 11, 2019, which established that over 98 million Nigerians were living in multidimensional poverty, was a frightening corroboration that poverty had become the fastest growing venture in Nigeria in the last four years.

Specifically, Atiku lamented the drastic reduction in the wealth of employment providers, noting that the situation was no longer a grassroots problem and was a confirmation that the failure of the nation’s economy over the last four years affected everyone from top to bottom.

“Four years ago, Aliko Dangote, Nigeria’s richest man, was worth $25 billion. However, his net worth in 2019 is less than half of that. He joins thousands of industrialists whose wealth and their ability to produce, has eroded in recent years, and continue to do so.

“With the National Bureau of Statistics reporting a net job loss of over six million since 2015, we see that if industrialists have their wealth eroding, it affects their ability to create opportunities, which means that the trickle-down effect gradually dries,” he said.

The ex-VP stressed further: “The greatest national security threat Nigeria faces in 2019 is not Boko Haram/ISWAP or bandits. It is that we have created the largest wave of poverty in human history. And the world is noticing, hence Foreign Direct Investment is shifting from Nigeria to Ghana, making Ghana the top recipient of FDI in West Africa in the last year.”

And in the wake of the UNDP report, Atiku is saddened by the nonchalance of those he alleged led the country into the supposed poverty crisis.

He said: “It is as though they think that as long as they and their families are not amongst those 98 million extremely poor Nigerians, things can carry on as before. But that cannot be allowed to be the case.”

Atiku therefore called on all stakeholders who have the ability, including the Council of State, all former leaders, elder-statesmen, and especially the other arms of government, to “begin to collaborate for solutions, before the number increases from 98 million, to all 198 million Nigerians.”

“We must remember that we are stakeholders in the Nigerian project. Stakeholders who must speak up for those 98 million people who are losing their voices to poverty,” he added.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/07/rising-poverty-greatest-national.html

why won't people be poor when u sell a govt company worth 1.3 bn dollars for 130 m dollars ,when your fake privatstion led to thousands of job losses.....and he have relocate to Dubai,your are part and parcel of the problem

hypertension:
Cant wait to vote this man in 2023

Thank you Atiku

We from Delta state loves u.

Customer da daa.
Faliure FC
Come and vote na
We are waiting for the match.

KINGDOS:
I use to think that Titanic ship wreck, Fukushima nuclear waste spill , Hurricane Katrina, Tsunami, Hiroshima Atomic bomb blast are some of the greatest disasters to mankind until the name Buhari entered the saddle. Infant Buhari is simply a disaster.

Blame yourself. You are a key part of the failure. Buhari has no hand in it. Infact he is the one getting it fixed.

tundey4all:
You and Obasanjo added to the problems we're facing today

Stop pointing fingers and do de needful.

Perhaps Aliko Dangote worth dropped because he no longer enjoy monopoly which you and gang created for him.
Secondly, you were part of those, that planted the seed of poverty.

steping56:
incoming presido, buhari has massacred our economy o

Nopes. Buhari has stopped you from stealing public funds. Ole jati jati

Basher8583:


Blame yourself. You are a key part of the failure. Buhari has no hand in it. Infact he is the one getting it fixed.

Dumb dumb. Fixing what? Nothing good can come from Bubu. He's believe is against capitalizing and progress.

Basher8583:


Nopes. Buhari has stopped you from stealing public funds. Ole jati jati

Hahaha, continue deceiving ur self and ur people

Mr atiku you are part of those who cause the severe pain nigerian are going through, all politician in nigeria has the same mind set which is how to loot the country resources.

donprinyo:

Dumb dumb. Fixing what? Nothing good can come from Bubu. He's believe is against capitalizing and progress.

Say what you like. As far as I am concerned if companies and contractors milking the country dry can run away from this country simply becos they were asked to provide evidence of project completion and tax clearance before collecting the balance for the project then Buhari is working. These are the people upset.
- Project never completed
- Income tax never paid
And you want poverty to decrease and country to progress.

Basher8583:


Say what you like. As far as I am concerned if companies and contractors milking the country dry can run away from this country simply becos they were asked to provide evidence of project completion and tax clearance before collecting the balance for the project then Buhari is working. These are the people upset.
- Project never completed
- Income tax never paid
And you want poverty to decrease and country to progress.

Hahhahaha, I strongly believe u r a simpleton and a mediocre. Left for u, every progressive institution should be shut down cause de r corrupt. Sending ur children school to learn western believes and ideology is a haram. instead of government providing ur children modern books, no, u preferred to be given stainless plates and food. Shame on u and ur people for supporting this personality dat keep on caging all of in a mental penury and hardship.

hypertension:
Cant wait to vote this man in 2023
Thank you Atiku
We from Delta state loves u.

loves bawo...

This loser atiku should shut up already. Face ur imaginary win at d polls. Ode

Please don't say we say u from delta please

hypertension:
Cant wait to vote this man in 2023

Thank you Atiku

We from Delta state loves u.

donprinyo:


Hahhahaha, I strongly believe u r a simpleton and a mediocre. Left for u, every progressive institution should be shut down cause de r corrupt. Sending ur children school to learn western believes and ideology is a haram. instead of government providing ur children modern books, no, u preferred to be given stainless plates and food. Shame on u and ur people for supporting this personality dat keep on caging all of in a mental penury and hardship.

Trowing insults and tantrum won't help ur lies. Buhari is one million times better that atiku the thief. Period.