Isa Odidi, the co-founder of Intellipharmaceutics Inc, a
publicly traded company in North America, says Atiku Abubakar is the best
candidate to work with Nigerians in the diaspora.
In a statement on Sunday, Odidi, a director mobilising
support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the diaspora, said with Atiku
as president, Nigerians abroad would contribute their quota to nation-building.
“Atiku is the best prepared and capable leader to turn
around Nigeria,” the Canada-based professor said.
He added that if Atiku wins the presidential election,
“citizens in the diaspora can be encouraged and mobilised to come contribute
their quota in skills, resources and governance like it happened during the
Obasanjo-Atiku administration”.
Odidi, a presidential candidate in 2007, said it is a good
move that the PDP standard bearer is seeking “strategic” partnerships abroad.
“Having officially commenced his campaign in Nigeria, it is
a good idea to go shopping for strategic partnerships, since the tasks ahead
will be enormous,” he said.
“The visit is timely in the light of terrorist alerts by the
US and its allies in Nigeria.
“The carefully selected strong delegation of His Excellency
underscores the importance he attaches to foreign partnership – especially the
very strategic meeting he had with the State Department on Thursday.”
The professor said if elected, Abubakar should ensure that
Nigerians in diaspora would be able to vote in 2027.
“Nigerians in the diaspora should be able to vote at the
next round of elections after 2023. It does not look good disenfranchising
millions of our compatriots who live and work overseas, to support the economy
of their home country,” he said.
“Recall that I had as far back as 2007 as a presidential
candidate myself successfully led a legal battle to recognise the rights of
Nigerians in the diaspora to vote and be voted for in our elections.”
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