Alhaji Atiku Abubakar |
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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