Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has taken a jab at President
Muhammadu Buhari, saying he has never run a successful business in his life.
In a statement from his media
office on Tuesday, Abubakar said the free and fair presidential primary
conducted by the PDP has left the APC in a “state of panic and confusion”.
He wondered who was desperate
between himself and Buhari, saying Nigeria has been “soaked in blood” since it
came under the leadership of a man whose “words are destructive and never
productive”.
“On Sunday, the Buhari Campaign
Organisation launched the first weak salvo. And on Monday, the APC’s National
Publicity Secretary unleashed his own knee-jerk reaction, accusing Atiku of
being desperate,” the statement read.
“Our response to the APC is to
ask who is desperate between a Muhammadu Buhari who said, ‘If what happened in
2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon
would all be soaked in blood’ and an Atiku Abubakar who said, ‘Love and peace
should not only be preached, but must also be put into practice for the sake of
sustaining the peace in our land’?
“It is left for Nigerians to
judge, but even a blind person can see that Nigeria has been ‘soaked in blood’
ever since she was unfortunate enough to have fallen under the leadership of a
man whose words are destructive and never productive.”
The statement listed Abubakar’s
achievement and asked Buhari what he has been successful at since he assumed
office.
“Some of Atiku Abubakar’s
achievements as Nigeria’s Vice President are that as head of the National
Council of Privatisation, he superintended over the GSM revolution that saw
Nigeria go from 50,000 to 100 million GSM lines, he has added 500,000 direct jobs to the
Nigerian economy and attracted $27bn to our GDP,” the statement read.
“Our question to President Buhari
and the APC is how many jobs have they created?
“Another of Abubakar’s
achievements is the successful privatisation of many public enterprises that
hitherto consumed government resources without yielding a profit. In response,
we ask President Buhari how many loopholes in public expenditure has he
plugged? The spectacular failure of the 419 Nigeria Air is still fresh in the
memory of Nigerians.
“Finally, the APC spokesman had
the guts to question His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar’s source of wealth.
“We wish to remind APC’s National
Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, that Atiku Abubakar is not like President
Buhari who has never run a successful private business throughout his life.
“Unlike Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku
Abubakar is an expert job creator who has founded many successful and thriving
businesses including the American University of Nigeria, Yola; a microfinance
bank that has moved 45,000 families out of poverty and Rica Gado, a livestock
feed company that has significantly reduced instances of herdsmen/farmers
clashes by providing a business-friendly solution instead of asking Nigerians
to give up their lands for cattle ranching or face death, as the Buhari
government did.
“And by private enterprises, we
are not referring to 150 cows that never increase in number, year in year out.”
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