2023 Presidency: PDP Finally Reveals Region Atiku’s Govt Will Give Topmost Positions

2023 Presidency: PDP Finally Reveals Region Atiku’s Govt Will Give Topmost Positions

  • The kind of administration the PDP flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar would run if elected president has been revealed
  • The PDP presidential campaign council stated that the Atiku's government will run an inclusive administration
  • The campaign team further noted that if Atiku is given a chance to serve Nigerians, the former VP would distribute ministerial and extra-ministerial positions evenly

Ahead of next month's presidential election, the presidential campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again canvassed for votes for the party's flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, and reassured Nigerians of equal opportunities in his administration if given a chance this 2023.

The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has also given more insight into the kind of administration that the PDP standard-bearer would run, if sworn in as president on May 29th, 2023.

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Atiku Abubakar, PDP, 2023 presidential election, South-East
PDP says South-East will benefit from Atiku's government. Photo credit: Atiku Abubakar
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Atiku will share key positions evenly, Campaign says

The director-general of the PCC of Atiku/Okowa in Anambra State, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, said the PDP candidate would run a government of national unity, a report by Leadership confirmed.

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Okonkwo explained that the six chief governance positions include; Senate President, Speaker, House of Representatives, Deputy Senate President, Deputy Speaker, Secretary to Government of the Federation, service chief, and others, will be shared amongst the geopolitical zones but the South-East will benefit more.

Atiku will work in favour of the Southeast

He said:

“PDP will form a government of national unity. In 1999, we had two presidential candidates from the south, and the PDP won resoundingly well. But we had a government of national unity.”

More trouble for Atiku as 2 PDP governors not in Wike's camp are reportedly set to dump him

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A few weeks before the 2023 general election, there are speculations that two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, apart from the G5 group, are threatening to withdraw their support for the party's presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The national chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali, made the claim while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, January 31.

He was reacting to Atiku's claim that he was in talks with the NNPP presidential candidate.

PDP crisis worsens as Wike makes another strong allegation against Iyorchia Ayu

In another report, Governor Wike accused Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP national chairman, of ordering lawyers handling some of the party’s cases in Rivers state to withdraw their legal representations.

The Rivers governor described the alleged directive as anti-party, saying such acts would beget a corresponding reaction from the state chapter of the party.

He said this at the State School premises, Okehi 1, the venue of the Rivers state PDP campaign inauguration in Etche local government area on Monday, January 30.

Source: Legit.ng

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.