The presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has hinted on what 2019
holds for Nigerians.
The former Vice President, in a
statement he personally signed and made available to reporters on Monday,
called on Nigerians to work together to see to the end of the President
Muhammadu Buhari government.
In the statement he entitled: ‘My
New Year message to Nigerians’, Atiku said, “As 2018 comes to an end and 2019
beckons, on behalf of my family and I, let me wish you and your family a very
happy New Year in advance.
“In 2018, we became the world
headquarters for extreme poverty, however, I am convinced that in 2019, if we
chart a new course, we can become the world headquarters for hope and extreme
devotion to the cause of lifting our people out of poverty.
“2019 is as yet a blank page. As
a nation, we must not settle for whatever it brings. Rather, we must take
collective action, through our choices, in making it a year where we revive
national hope, with visionary leadership that sees our economy and institutions
working again as they did in our golden era.
“We can chart a new course and
open a new chapter that sees every Nigerian living in peace and prosperity with
their neighbour. It can be the year when our youths finally get a job instead
of being unfairly tagged as lazy. With purposeful leadership, it can also be
the year when we put an end to terrorism and usher in a golden age of peace.
“But it will not just happen by
itself. We have to make changes from the top all the way to the bottom. We
already have the vision, the vision of a nation that is a beacon of hope for
the Black Race and the world at large, what we lack and what 2019 can provide,
is the leadership that has the capacity to translate that vision into reality.
“In 2019, Nigerians need a
leadership that is 100% for 100% of Nigerians, 100% of the time. We have seen
where division and sectionalism has led us to. Now let us try unity and
patriotism.
“Don’t lose heart and hope.
Nigeria is no stranger to overcoming difficulties. In fact, we have an uncanny
ability to perform our best when the worst is upon us. I urge my fellow
countrymen and women to remember how we became the first nation in the world to
defeat and overcome the Wild Ebola Virus, when even First World nations were
struggling with the scourge.
“That resilience is domiciled in
our national psyche and together we shall win forever. We shall win over forces
of disunity. We shall win over forces of poverty and backwardness.
“But more importantly, in 2019, I
want Nigerians to know that it is possible to have a leadership that is
compassionate and that this does not equate to weakness. A leadership that is
bold but not domineering. A leadership that is intelligent, but not arrogant.
“Indeed, that is the only type of
leadership that can navigate the difficulties currently facing our dear nation
and lead us to Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress, which are our national
motto and which are the hope of all Nigerians.
“Once again, I wish you all a
Happy New Year and may 2019 be the year of Nigeria.”
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