Big Men Things: Atiku Throws Huge Challenge to Bola Tinubu Ahead of 2023 Presidential Election
- Bola Tinubu has been challenged to take the hot seat and subject himself to a one-hour television interview like his opponents in the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party
- This challenge to the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate was thrown to him by Atiku Abubakar
- Atiku's challenge to Tinubu is a sequel to Tinubu's comment that the PDP candidate is a pathological liar after the former's appearance in a TV interview where he said that the APC's national leader begged to be his running mate in 2007
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has challenged his opponent in the All Progressives Congress to subject himself to a one-hour Television interview.
The challenge thrown to Bola Tinubu by Atiku followed the former's reaction to some of the claims by the PDP's 2023 presidential candidate during a recorded interview with Arise Television on Friday, July 22.
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In a statement sent to Legit.ng and signed by Atiku's media adviser, Paul Ibe, the PDP presidential candidate he doubts Tinubu would be able to be as articulate and mentally present as he (Atiku) did during his interview.
He added that until Tinubu does that, then they can have proper discussions on the same wavelength.
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His words:
"We would like to challenge Bola Tinubu to subject himself to an hour-long interview, like the Waziri did, and if he is able to be as articulate and mentally present as our candidate, then he can talk.
"Until then, we will only want to remind him and his yes men that they are not in a position to point fingers when they have not sat on the hot seat."
Atiku amused over Tinubu's reaction to his recent interview
Ibe also said that the team is amused at the response from the Tinubu Campaign Organisation to the wave-making interview granted by Waziri Atiku Abubakar to Arise TV.
Read the full statement:
We Challenge Bola Tinubu To Take The Hot Seat
We were rather amused to read the knee jerk response from the Tinubu Campaign Organisation to the wave making interview granted by Waziri Atiku Abubakar to Arise TV on Thursday, July 21, 2022.
Amusement, because we expected this. Mr. Tinubu has not sat down to do any prolonged interview for obvious reasons. Nigerians have seen him talk in public and can themselves gauge the reason why he is mortified to do so.
Nevertheless, I will now take the issues in their statement one after the other.
The Tinubu campaign exposed its gross desperation and vacuousness by citing the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) 1999, to declare Waziri Atiku Abubakar’s stance on engaging in a side business while he was a young custom officer as a breach of the law. It is pertinent to educate the Tinubu campaign organisation that Nigeria is not under a military regime and our Constitutions are not retroactive in nature.
Again, the Tinubu campaign betrayed either dishonesty or lack of attention to detail by claiming that Atiku Abubakar said oil contributed 20% of Nigeria’s GDP. That is a lie. What the Waziri said is as follows:
Oil only maybe accounts for about 20% of our GDP”.
The use of the word maybe by the Waziri was in reflection to the different figures given. While the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics states a figure close to 10%, other multilateral organisations have given a much higher figure of between 15-20%. So, while the jury is still out, it is right to qualify the contribution of oil and gas as a maybe. However, we do like to point out that Waziri Atiku Abubakar mentioned both the PDP and the APC during the interview and did not forget the name of his own party.
It seems the Tinubu campaign organisation (can a disorganised body be called an organisation?) does not know the meaning of rotation of power and micro zoning. So, we will gladly educate them. Rotation of power refers to a constitutional provision where power is zoned between North and South. Micro-zoning refers to a non-constitutional idea, where power is zoned not between North and South, but amongst geo-political zones. We hope this cures the political illiteracy of the authors of that document.
The rude response also accuses Waziri Atiku Abubakar of having “limited education”. Atiku Abubakar has an earned Master's degree from Anglia Ruskin University. We challenge any of the present Presidential candidates to present an equal or higher degree. Moreover, his university attendance is a matter of verified record. Can we say the same about some other persons?
On President Lincoln, we are afraid the poor student of history is the Tinubu campaign disorganisation. Yes, it is true that Lincoln ran for President with his name on the ballot twice. But he ran at other times, and failed to get his name on the ballot.
In conclusion, we would like to challenge Bola Tinubu to subject himself to an hour long interview, like the Waziri did, and if he is able to be as articulate and mentally present as our candidate, then he can talk. Until then, we will only want to remind him and his yes men that they are not in a position to point fingers when they have not sat on the hot seat.
Herdsmen/farmers' crisis: Atiku addresses anti-open grazing bill, speaks on way forward
Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president of Nigeria had made his stance on open grazing and solving the crisis between farmers and herders public.
The 2023 presidential hopeful noted that discussions on open grazing and laws guiding its practise should be decided at the state level.
According to Atiku, there is no need to bring about a legislature for the purpose at the national level or change the constitution over grazing matters.
Atiku gives bit-by-bit details of why Peter Obi, Labour Party cannot win 2023 presidential election
Atiku Abubakar believes that the Labour Party and its presidential flag bearer have no opportunity at the 2023 poll.
The former vice president made this disclosure during an interview with Arise Television on Friday, July 22.
According to Atiku, there is more to winning elections than campaigning on various social media platforms.
Source: Legit.ng
