…. As PDP Congratulates Wike over Award on Infrastructure delivery
By Myke Uzendu, Abuja
Ahead of 2023 general election, Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has reassured that he is committed to the devolution of powers, local police and will bring the intractable industrial dispute in the educational sector to an end if elected as the number one citizen of the country.
This is even as the PDP congratulated the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike over the conferment of the Distinguished Award in Infrastructure Delivery at the Nigeria Excellence in Public Service Award, in recognition of his exceptional accomplishments on infrastructure.
Addressing party supporters at a rally in the Edo state capital, Benin City on Saturday, Atiku said that his administration will take all the necessary step to unify the country, end insecurity, reactivate the rail system and revitalize the industrials sector.
“We have promised to reunify this country. We are going to give each and every part of this country a sense of belonging. You will not be excluded in anything. That is why we are being referred to as unifiers of our great nation.
“We promise to restore security. Whatever it is going to take us to do it, we are restore security in this country so that you can travel day and night, so that you can go to your farms, so that you can go to anywhere secured.
“We will put more policemen on the streets. We will equip them; we will fortify them and since we have promised to devolve more powers to the states and local governments, you can also have your own local police. We shall make sure your local police don’t harass you.
“We will send back all our eligible children to school. They must go to school; every child must go to school. If you remember, during the PDP years, we established compulsory primary school education from primary to secondary school and we are tasking Nigerians to educate these children. But this government is not keeping to that promise. We promise you; every child must go to school and our universities will not go on strike, we promise you that one by the grace of God.
“Again, we promise to revive the economy of this country. We will make sure that our industries, our factories, resume production. We will make sure that there are enough jobs for our youths who are passing out from the schools. This is what we mean by reviving the economy. We will work together with the private sector to make sure that industries, factories particularly here in Edo resume operations so that there will be enough jobs for you.
“Again, we promise infrastructural development in the country, particularly in Edo, linking Edo to the South and linking Edo to the North. We will make sure all these roads are rehabilitated and they are motorable.
“What is most important in a large country like Nigeria is to make sure that we have an efficient rail system. We will and we shall together with the private sector, make sure that we have rails established across this country so that you can move freely, as well as your goods and services across the country”.
Earlier in his opening remarks, National Chairman of the party, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu said that the Presidential Candidate and his Vice are well grounded in politics and have the capacity to transform the fortunes of the country.
“We know what is your problem in this country, your problem in bad governance by that party. There is hunger in the land, you don’t need to tell anybody. There is the insecurity in the land. You can’t sleep in your house, everything about Nigeria is going down. There is disunity everywhere because of bad policies.
“They will tackle insecurity, they will tackle educational problems, they will tackle infrastructure, they will tackle the issue of the economy and there will be jobs for everybody”.
The chairman of the campaign Council and Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel reiterated that the party will not betray the trust of Nigerians.
He said, “Today we have only one message for the youth, message of social contract in PDP, that this government that will do real democracy, government of the people by the people for the people that is your social contract. I can assure you that this is one government that knows the problem and has the solution; you are voting for progress, employment, security, economic renaissance”.
Meanwhile, The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Rivers State Governor, H.E Nyesom Wike on his conferment of the Distinguished Award in Infrastructure Delivery at the Nigeria Excellence in Public Service Award, in recognition of his exceptional accomplishments on infrastructure in line with the manifesto of the PDP.
A statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba on Saturday explained that the national Award on PDP Governor is an admission by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of the exceptional development strides that can only be conceptualized, driven and executed under the policy thrust and manifesto of the PDP.
“Governor Wike, as a committed member of the PDP has been executing legacy projects alongside other governors elected on the platform of our Party in line with the policies and programmes of the PDP arising from the deep thoughts and analysis of the needs of the people.
“PDP governors are outstanding in turning their States into “Oases of Development” through delivery of landmark people-oriented infrastructural projects. This informs why Nigerians across board are rallying with the PDP knowing that with a PDP Federal Government by May 29, 2023, Nigeria will become an “Ocean of Development”.
The PDP applauded Governor Wike and urged him to see the Award as a call to do more in the service of our dear fatherland and humanity.
