My Relationship With National Assembly Stopped Obasanjo’s Third Term Bid, Says Atiku
- Atiku Abubakar has given himself credit for thwarting the third-term bid of former president Olusegun Obasanjo
- The PDP presidential candidate said he worked together with the National Assembly to frustrate the tenure elongation plan of his former boss
- Obasanjo had on Sunday, January 1, endorsed the presidential aspiration of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi
FCT, Abuja - The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has revealed how he stopped the third-term agenda of his former boss and ex-president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo.
Atiku said the plan was successful because he had developed a good relationship with National Assembly members during his days as the vice president in the Obasanjo-led government.
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The Adamawa-born politician made the remarks at the 2023 PDP presidential campaign organisation strategic engagement meeting with National Assembly candidates on Sunday, February 19 in Abuja.
Punch quoted him as saying:
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“During my tenure as vice president, I developed a very good relationship with members of the National Assembly and it is that relationship that enabled us to stop President Obasanjo's third term presidency attempt.
“I really look forward to re-engaging you as you return to the National Assembly for your functions from the constitution to further deepen democracy development and progress of our nation.”
The meeting, which later became a closed-door session, revealed the PDP's plan for Nigeria if Atiku is elected president.
Part of the communique sent to media houses after the meeting read:
“We commit to improving transparency and accountability across the whole government
“We commit to the reduction of the cost of government through improving citizen oversight and a strong emphasis on curbing waste and cost reduction
“We commit to reducing multidimensional poverty by 40% over the next 4 years and putting food on the tables of Nigerians again.”
Sowore slams Atiku over U-turn on naira redesign
Meanwhile, the African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has slammed Atiku over his stance on the naira scarcity challenge facing the country.
According to Sowore, Atiku is an opportunist, who thought he could capitalise on what he described as a “poverty-inducing” naira redesign policy to win the presidential election.
Sowore stated this in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle on Monday, February 20, describing the naira redesign policy as fraud targeted at hurting poor Nigerians.
Atiku accuses three APC governors of promoting anarchy few days to presidential election
Legit.ng had earlier reported that Atiku accused some serving All Progressive Congress (APC) governors of deliberately promoting chaos in their domain a few days before the presidential election.
The PDP presidential candidate specifically accused the ruling party governors of making inciting utterances that have sparked riots in their states.
The former vice president called on security agencies to ensure that the governors do not have their way through their recent actions.
PDP G-5 governors split few days before presidential election
In a related development, the G-5 governors in the PDP have endorsed different presidential candidates after failing to collectively agree on who to support.
While Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers and Seyi Makinde of Oyo, have endorsed APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, their Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom, endorsed Peter Obi of Labour Party.
However, Governors Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu decided to support Atiku.
Source: Legit.ng
