God News to Southeast, Others As Atiku Reveals How He Would Make Appointments if Elected
- Atiku says political appointees who will form his cabinet will be appointed based on merit if he is elected
- According to the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his presidency will be different APC's Muhammadu Buhari
- Going further, he assured Nigerians, irrespective of ethnicity, region, and religion, that the entire nation would be his constituency
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A message has been sent to Nigerians. The message was sent by the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
He said that if elected president next year, he would based his appintment on merit and the federal character, This Day reports.
He seized the opportunity to blast the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) over the party's appointment style.
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Going further, the PDP presidential candidate challenged his APC counterpart, Bola Tinubu, to reveal his name and background, Arise TV reports.
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Atiku said:
“In making all appointments, and not just in appointing security chiefs, I mean all appointments across the board, only merit, balanced with federal character, will be my government’s criteria. I make a bold promise, which every Nigerian citizen at home and abroad can hold me to: we will carry every geopolitical zone along.”
“At the barest minimum, they can expect their security of life and property, as well as their economic situation to improve under the administration that we will form in 2023, God willing."
2023 elections: Influential PDP bigwig missing as Atiku sets up campaign council in Ekiti
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed its Presidential Campaign Council in Ekiti state. However, the name of former Governor Ayo Fayose is missing from the team set up by the PDP ahead of the 2023 general elections.
In a statement released on Sunday, December 18, by Aminu Tambuwal, director-general of the PDP presidential campaign organisation, it was discovered that Bisi Kolawole is the chairman of the council.
Kolawole, a former gubernatorial aspirant and an ally of Fayose, was named chairman of the council.
PDP crisis: Atiku takes major decision after final meeting with Wike, G-5 govs
Sources privy to meetings between Atiku Abubakar and members of the Integrity Group in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had revealed that the party's presidential candidate has moved on with his plans for the 2023 elections.
One of the sources on Sunday, December 18, disclosed that Atiku has replaced Governor Seyi Makinde as the coordinator of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in the southwest with his Osun colleague, Ademola Adeleke.
The source said this decision by Atiku came after a deadlocked meeting between him and G-5 governors in Port Harcourt, Rivers capital.
Source: Legit.ng
