In keeping with his commitment to Nigerians, our Presidential candidate has continued to keep Nigerians updated on his engagements with officials In the United States.
In the second of such update, he tweeted:
"Yesterday, at the meeting at the State Department led by Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary—Bureau of African Affairs, the focus of our discussions were on the critical need to seek collaborative solutions to our local issues on democracy and governance, our deteriorating security and the economy. Most importantly, we secured commitments to support for free and fair elections in Nigeria, an announcement of a sanction policy before the elections to deter anti-democratic forces and commitments for continued partnership with Nigeria in areas of security and development. -AA"
US Officials in attendance from the State Department were:
Molly Phee Assistant Secretary Bureau of African Affairs
Karl Fickenscher Acting Assistant Administrator USAID
Scott Busby Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour (DRL)
Michael Heath Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of African Affairs
Brian Neubert Director Office of West African Affairs
Skye Justice Deputy Director Office of West African Affairs
Toby Bradley Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
Christopher Landberg Principal Deputy Coordinator Bureau of Counterterrorism
Stanley Brown Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Police-Military Affairs (PM)
Anna Shpitsberg Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR)
Eric Meyer Deputy Assistant Secretary United States Department of the Treasury
Whitney Baird Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB)
Atiku is committed to rescuing Nigeria, he is the most prepared, he is the most educated among the top contenders, above all he has the most experience having served as Vice President for 8 years (1999-2007).
On arrival in Washington, D.C, Atiku tweeted this message:
"I just arrived in Washington, D.C, for meetings and engagements to build an economically stronger and more secure Nigeria! -AA"
Atiku is in the United states at the Invitation of the United States Chamber Of Commerce. During this trip, H.E Atiku will be involved in bilateral meetings with US Officials.
*Under An Atiku Presidency Our Passports Will Be Respected!
*Under An Atiku Presidency Our People Will No Longer Be Disgraced At Airports!
*Under An Atiku Presidency Our Nation Will Rise & Take Her Rightful Place Among The Committee of Nations!
They said Atiku cannot go to the U.S, twice he has shamed them. Unlike those who go begging CNN for interviews, Atiku is in the United States at the Invitation of the US Chamber Of Commerce.
During this trip, H.E Atiku will be involved in bilateral meetings with US Officials.
*Under An Atiku Presidency Our Passports Will Be Respected!
*Under An Atiku Presidency Our People Will No Longer Be Disgraced At Airports!
*Under An Atiku Presidency Our Nation Will Rise & Take Her Rightful Place Among The Committee of Nations!
APC and lies are Siamese twins, yesterday they posted fake pictures of their old rally in Niger state claiming it was Tinubu being received in Kano.
What really happened was that, once they realized that they have been rejected by the people, they resorted to posting fake pictures until they were busted.
In this original video residents can be heard shouting.......
Mun sha wuya...sai Atiku , mun sha wahala sai Atiku, meaning we experienced hardship and suffering sai Atiku.
Tinubu should stop wasting his time in Kano, the state is fully Atikulated. Ask questions after February....
Nigeria needs an energetic president, Nigeria needs a respected leader, we cannot afford a leader whose past is tainted with drugs.
After 5 marathon events in Kaduna from Friday to Monday, Atiku arrived Paris today and is currently meeting with foreign jounarlists.
Atiku is mentally and physically fit to lead Nigeria to the promise land. With Atiku, Nigeria will take its rightful place among the committee of Nations.
How can you wish Nigeria well and support a man that says "100 bags thousand barrels of oil." Does it make any sense to you?
Just imagine a Tinubu addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations with a 10-15 seconds pause after every incoherent statement. It will be a tragedy!!!!
A vote for Peter Obi is also an indirect vote for a Tinubu Presidency, children will not understand this but the sensible ones with get the message.
A vote for Atiku who picked Peter Obi as running mate in 2019 against the will of the South East leaders is a vote for a man who believes in Nigeria.
Forget what INEC brandished as the results of the 2019 presidential election, Atiku clearly defeated Buhari and even the President's close family members know this.
Fast-forward to 2022, and as a member of the electoral act and constitutional review committee that worked with members of the National assembly to produce the new electoral act, I can boldly say that the era of trees, snakes and monkeys voting in Nigeria is over.
No more remote controls, incident forms, manual accreditation, and the demonic inconclusive elections that some highly placed political criminals use to override the wish of the people.
The Osun Governorship election this year has shown us that no matter how long it takes, election riggers and manipulators can only delay the mandate of a popular candidate.
Atiku Abubakar is by far the most popular and the most prepared presidential candidate in this election. Beyond the fact that he was Nigeria's first democratically elected vice president under this democratic dispensation, he is the only candidate with that level of experience among all those contesting to replace Buhari and his catastrophic government that has reduced our economy to its worst state since we gained independence in 1960 and left our currency struggling for relevance with the Zimbabwean dollar.
There are certain challenges only a salary earner or one who was previously a salary earner can understand. Unlike Obi, Atiku was not born with the proverbial silver spoon. He was a salary earner at the Nigerian customs service for about 20 years and as a result, he understands the pains of salary earners when inflation strikes. This explains why he goes to great lengths to ensure that salaries that are paid at his firms can take care of families and alerts for workers salaries hits their account early enough to keep them motivated and help them take care of thier needs.
As a former civil servant himself, Atiku understands how the civil service works and the need to make government services more efficient. Nigeria today has one of the biggest civil service in the world, with over 720,000 salary earners on the federal government payroll alone. The civil service swallows more that half of the our national budget every year even though they make up less than one percent of our entire population.
With Nigerians yearning for a reform of the civil service, there is the need to elect a candidate with first hand understanding of the problems and issues that has transformed the Nigerian civil service from the engine room that drives development to a clog in the wheel of progress.
Tinubu and Obi do not have any civil service experience, they dont understand how it operates, talkless of how to reform it. In contrast Atiku Abubakar with over 20 years experience in the glory days of the civil service understands the pains of civil servants and his multi dimentional digital approach to restructuring the civil service is what our country needs to trigger the process that will transform our dysfunctional civil service to the "vaibranium" that drives development and deliver real benefits to our people.
Tinubu and Obi were two term governors of their respective states, however, you cannot compare that with the experience that comes with being the Vice President of a country of over 200 million people.
As chairman of the National Economic Council from 1999 to 2007, Atiku Abubakar was an epitome of who a Vice President should be. His passion for a better and prosperous Nigeria is evident in the caliber of technocrats and specialists he personally convinced to return to the country and join hands with the government to develop our country.
As head of the Economic Management Team, Atiku and his team which included the current Director-General of the World Trade Organization Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, successfully renegotiated and paid off Nigeria’s entire debt with the Paris Club before the current disaster's in government plunged our unborn children into the biggest debt trap in the history of our country with about ₦50 trillion in debts hanging over our necks.
Under Tinubu's lackeys in Lagos, the story is not different, because despite the huge internally generated revenue it rakes in every month, Lagos sits at the top of the list of highly indebted states in Nigeria with nothing to show for it.
When it comes to the private sector experience, Abubakar towers above Tinubu and the upcoming Obi by miles. Atiku co-founded INTELS, one of the biggest oil and gas/ports logistics firms in Africa. His other business are huge job creators that employs more people than many state governments in Nigeria.
Tinubu on the other hand has no real businesses beyond negotiating a slice from your tax and prompting his rubber stamp state assemblies to legalize his tax collection illegalities.
Obi as a business man is mostly interested in importing from foreign countries and taking away jobs. Some of his rookie economic policies will shut down half of our manufacturing capacity in less than 100 days if they are ever implemented because it does not factor in critical aspects of local production.
Perhaps one of the major reason most Nigerians are queuing behind the Atiku presidential bid is his sterling records as Head of the National Council on Privatization, which oversaw the sale of hundreds of loss-making and poorly managed public enterprises into highly successful and profit making ventures.
This action led to the influx of new and badly needed investments in vital sectors of our economy triggering massive growth in our GDP and the highest creation of new jobs ever witnessed in our country.
In addition, his efforts at transforming the telecomunications landscape completely changed how we do things today. Before the Obasanjo-Atiku era mobile phones were a luxury because the 350,000 available telephone lines provided by the then inefficient NITEL was grossly inadequate to cater for our massively growing population.
As Vice President and head of the economic team in Nigeria, Atiku inaugurated a 22-member Telecommunications Sector reform implementation committee, charged with the responsibility of facilitating greater access to phone services for Nigerians. His team went on to facilitate and supervise the licensing rounds for GSM licence in Nigeria conducted by the NCC under the leadership of Engr Ernest Ndukwe whose appointment as the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the NCC was facilitated by Atiku.
Thanks to the patriotism and dedication of Atiku and his team, the mobile connection you are most likely using to read this article and the over 188 million registered mobile lines in our country are helping to improve the ease of doing business, create jobs and open the global space for young Nigerians to unleash their talents and support the development of our country.
In 2019, we lost an opportunity to take back our country because some criminals manufactured non-existent votes and brought in a 'black market Justices" to legalize an illegality in plain sight.
In 2023, armed with the new Electoral Act and increased awareness of what the enemies of our nation can do, let us rise as one irrespective of tribe, religion or political leaning and support the most experienced candidate to help take back and restructure our nation for the benefit of our people and generations unborn.
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has said that the credential of national inclusivity, not ethnicity should be an ideal that the Northern part of the country should examine in electing a new president for the country in the 2023 elections.
Atiku made the remarks when he featured as a guest of the Arewa Joint Committee interactive sessions with various presidential candidates of political parties on Saturday in Kaduna.
He noted that with a political career that spans more than three decades, he stands shoulder high as a Northerner who has built bridges of unity across the country.
“I have been in politics for more than three decades and I am a Northerner. So, if you ask me why I am the best candidate to lead Nigeria in 2023, I will simply say that what Nigeria needs is a pan-Nigerian president, not whether he is Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa-Fulani”.
The session, which took place at the Arewa House was attended by high ranking leaders of various North based socio-cultural bodies.
Atiku, while delivering his speech at the event, highlighted the key policy agendas which he seeks to pursue if elected president to include promoting national unity through deliberate actions that will secure mutual trust and confidence amongst all tendencies.
The other policy areas that the former Vice President enumerated are reforms in education, agriculture and reversing the economic downturn of the country.
Signed:
Paul Ibe Media Adviser to Atiku Abubakar Presidential candidate of the PDP and Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007)
RingRoadMafia: Then they should've given their ticket to a southerner, it's that simple. You don't betray a region that has given you their all, simply because of one man and his Ill gotten wealth.
The task before Nigerians is basically how to remove the APC government that has destroyed our nation, to do otherwise is to betray your country.
APC does not deserve a single vote either directly from her supporters who do not wish this country well or indirectly from Peter Obi's Suppoters
RingRoadMafia: @ochejoseph even before reading this, I already know where you're headed. I know you well, you're a lackey for Atiku and PDP, even if if PDP presents a lump of shi*t as it's Presidential candidate, you and your ilk will still come here to give us a million reasons why that lump of shi*t is better than everyone else. The earlier you accept Atikus defeat, the better for you. Because Kwankwaso and Tinubu will cancel the northern bloc votes he's hoping to get. I wonder how some of you sleep at night. You can sell your own mother for money, bro! This same Atiku you're supporting walked out on GEJ because he believes that it was the turn of the north to produce a president since Yar'adua died without completing his tenure. He left the PDP because they "refused to zone the party's ticket to the North". Today, Buhari has completed that 8 years for the north, and Atiku has suddenly ditched the zoning he so much believed in and is not preaching "competence", as if there are no competent people in the south. Guy shame on you!
My dear i have twice been proven right, Nigeria in the hands of PDP has always prospered no insults bro just check historical facts. I wish you well
seunmsg: Give it a rest Joseph, we are not going to vote Atiku as president in 2023 because it’s the turn of the south.
My dear Seun, the choice before us Like GEJ said in 2015 is a choice between going forward and going backwards. Atiku is the most experienced among all the Presidential candidates, its crystal clear
Many of those who championed the "Sai Buhari" mantra in 2015 are regretting their actions today because they have seen the negative impact of the NEPA bill certificate they promoted on the economic, educational, security and social strata of our nation.
Unfortunately, while some are doing a retrospective analysis for the purpose of making informed decisions on the candidate they will support, some have joined the emotional band wagon hell bent on repeating the mistakes of the past.
In today's article we shall be looking at vital areas of national development and the capacity of the leading candidates to deliver based on their experience and antecedents.
Education: In terms of educational qualifications, Atiku is the most educationally qualified among the leading candidates, with an Msc in International relations from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. Obi has an average bachelor's in Philosophy from UNN, while Tinubu has a questionable degree in accounting from the United states.
In terms of their contribution to education, Atiku is far above his competitor's towering above them in terms of direct and indirect contributions to the development of education in Nigeria.
As Vice President, his passion for education led him to directly intervene in the plight of Anambra school children who were left at home for over two years by Mbadinuju, it was also under the OBJ - Atiku led government that the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme was launched.
Atiku built Africa's first development university, the American University of Nigeria were rescued Chibok girls were given scholarship. Tinubu on the other hand has no history of support for education beyond few secondary schools he built during his tenure as governor of Lagos, same goes for Obi and none of them have also gone back to school to earn an additional degree since leaving school.
Peter Obi's record on ASSU strikes and lecturer welfare is also abysmal. Under him University students stayed at home years while he owed some educational workers for 36 months.
Job Creation: If there is one qualification the next Nigerian leader needs is the ability to create jobs. Tinubu is the worst when it comes to this benchmark because even though he eats from virtually every tax payer in Lagos, he has no business that creates real jobs in manufacturing or other key sectors that drive the economy.
Obi is not far behind because as a trader, Obi's major supermarket businesses are import-based most of which takes jobs from Nigeria and send them overseas to countries where those goods are manufactured.
In contrast, Atiku's businesses are massive creators of jobs. In some states Atiku is the highest employer of labour after government because his companies are into manufacturing, agro based products and other key drivers of job creation in the economy.
Power: No economy can develop without power. Energy generation is the single reason why most companies are not making profits even banks are now closing early because of the prohibitive cost of power generation.
Peter Obi travelled all the way to Egypt to learn about power generation yet he does not know the meaning of "green energy"! This is after 8 years as governor of one of Nigeria's biggest states.
Tinubus credentials on power generation is far better than Obi because he single-handedly championed the Lagos state Independent Power Project (IPP) handled by the American Company, ENRON to generate 90 megawatts of electricity which led to some improvements in power supply in Lagos.
Atiku's first class hands-on experience in the areas of power generation and transmission is one area Nigeria stands to benefit from when elected into office. The OBJ - Atiku led administration built or started most of the power generating entities we have in Nigeria today. The PDP led administration of Jonathan and Sambo completed the rest.
Healthcare: Tinubu and Obi's records in the provision of healthcare are also very poor. Under Obi, Anambra State Government employed medical doctors were on strike for 13 months as a result of his refusal pay the right salary, poor conditions of service and lack of proper working equipment, Nigeria cannot afford such tragedy. Lagos under Tinubu had healthcare centers that are known for delivering the worst health care services. The claim that Tinubu met one functional ambulance as Governor is also false.
Atiku even as a private citizen is actively involved in the provision of healthcare for Nigerians beyond what he did while serving as vice president between 1999-2007. Long after leaving office, Atiku Abubakar went into partnership with the Saudi German Hospital to establish a 100-bed hospital and referral centre in Abuja among many other interventions in the health sector.
Security: We cant talk about the 2023 presidential elections without talking about who among the candidates has the experience to tackle our current security challenges. It is a fact that the Obasanjo-Atiku era is the most peaceful period since our country transitioned to democracy.
It was a period when the term bandits was alien to our dictionary. As the number two man in that government, Atiku has the requisite skills and experience to rejig our current security system like they did between 1999 to 2007.
Obi on the other hand, lacks experience in security matters which explains why the Ezu River tragedy where hundreds of people were murdered under his watch is still a mystery. Tinubu lacks the energy needed for a robust engagement and monitoring that our collapsing security architecture requires.
Preparedness Its unfortunate that Tinubu the "Emi Lokan" coroner appear totally confused and directionless after being handed his party ticket. Till date, he does not have a policy document, the entire APC manifesto of 2015 he helped prepare which they disowned and failed to implement has suddenly formed the foundation of the documents they released recently.
Tinubu also fumbled when it came to naming a running mate resorting to placeholders, even when he finally found one it was a one-sided aggregation which is currently tearing the nation apart at a time religious sensitivity is at an all time high.
As at today the party has still not formed and Inaugurated a simple campaign council. The fact that Tinubu forgot to attend the peace accord signing clearly shows that he is not prepared for a job he claims as his entitlement.
Peter Obi towers above Tinubu when it comes to level of preparedness even though he also employed the services of placeholders for running mate and currently does not have a campaign council or team that reflects the diversity of Nigeria.
However, like Tinubu, Obi has no policy document or manifesto that tells Nigerians what he plans to do if they vote for him. Beyond mad men tales and vomiting crammed statistics most of which are wrong, the LP presidential candidate does not appear ready to lead a complex nation like Nigeria.
Atiku and the PDP on the other hand appears to be the most prepared candidate and political party. Atiku is the only candidate that has released his policy document with a clear blueprint of what he intends to do when elected into office.
He named his running mate on schedule, inaugurated his multi ethnic and multi religious campaign council and flagged off his campaign council right on time as directed by INEC.
Nigeria does not need a President that will learn on the job, Nigeria does not need a rockie to complicate an already messed up system, what Nigeria needs is an Atiku Abubakar to reset our country, get it working again and return her to the path of greatness.
A tale of two presidential candidates same place, same seat, same mode of dressing but two different outcomes.
While Tinubu was sleeping on duty at the Palace of the Emir of Gombe, H.E Atiku Abubakar was focused and alive to the task at hand.....May we not use our had to vote in Bad luck again in 2023.
PDP brought in technocrats who managed our economy for 16 years, got us out of debt and made us the fastest growing economy in Africa.
APC brought people without certificates who destroyed our economy in less than 7 years, made us the hunger capital of the world and sold us to China with debt hanging over unborn generations!
It was Benjamin Franklin who said "For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned"
Nigeria is so disorganized at the moment that handing it back to unprepared and disorganized people will simply destroy her completely.
Today, non state actors are threatening to kidnap a sitting president, going as far as attacking members of his advance team and subsequently the Brigade of Guards the last line of presidential defence.
Because every PVC matters we have put together this simple comparison to help you make an informed choice about Nigeria's two main political party and their candidates
Convention
APC Convention - Postponed
PDP Convention- Held as scheduled
Presidential Primaries
APC Presidential Primary - Postponed
PDP Presidential Primary- Held as scheduled
Naming of VP candidates
APC Naming of V.P Candidate - Postponed, place holder later named
PDP Naming of V.P Candidate - Candidate Named and submitted as scheduled.
Unveiling of VP candidates
APC Unveiling of V.P Candidate - Postponed
PDP Unveiling of V.P Candidate - Unveiled as scheduled
Presidential Campaign Council
APC Release of Campaign Council - Postponed
PDP Release of Campaign Council - Released as scheduled
Inauguration of Campaign Council
APC Inauguration of Campaign Council - Postponed indefinitely
PDP Inauguration of Campaign Council- Inaugurated as scheduled
Launch of Campaign On INEC Timetable
APC Launch of Campaign on the INEC approved date - Postponed
PDP Launch of Campaign on the INEC approved date - Commenced as Scheduled
Peace Accord
APC Signing Of Peace Accord- Presidential Candidate Missing.
PDP Signing Of Peace Accord - Presidential Candidate First to Arrive.
If you are looking for a political party and a presidential candidate that is prepared with the capacity to RESET and reorganize Nigeria look no further than the PDP and H.E Atiku Abubakar.
A vote for any mushroom or upcoming party is an indirect vote for the APC, a failed party responsible for the current mess.
May God Help Us to Help Ourselves In 2023 & May God Bless The Federal Republic of Nigeria.
When we say APC is a confused party we mean every word of it. APC is synonous with death that's why it includes dead men and women in every single list it releases.
APC touched Nigeria's economy it collapsed and died. APC touched the Naira and its on its way to the grave except Atiku Wins.
Now Tinubu and those who helped him and Buhari to destroy Nigeria have included dead men in thier campaign Council.
Chief Don Etiebet died in July 2015 and was buried in December of thesame year but Tinubu had the man on his list and that the kind of Buhari Legacy you guys want us to continue .....God forbid!!!
Don't use your PVC to Vote for Tinubu and further destroy Nigeria, dont bring Tinubu in through the back door by voting for Peter Obi because that is what its is!
Politics › Re: Atiku To Tinubu: Nigerians Won’t Elect A Ghost President by ochejoseph(m): 5:52pm On Nov 02, 2022
