Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 76th birthday.
“I wish President Muhammadu Buhari happy birthday even as my family and I pray for long life for him. Despite the fact that we will meet at the polls soon, I very much affirm that we are brothers born from the womb of One Nigeria. Happy Birthday”, the former Vice President tweeted.
Earlier in the day, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar had attended a town hall meeting with youths in Lagos. There, Atiku’s running mate, Peter Obi assured the youths that Atiku’s government will invest more in education. “The greatness of any nation is the function of how educated her citizens are”, Obi said. He also promised that “the Atiku Presidency will provide jobs and improve the economy a great deal”.
The National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, while urging the youths to vote for Atiku affirmed that “a vote for Atiku is a vote for your freedom”. He went further to state that “Atiku will work hand in hand with the youths to develop Nigeria, that is Atiku’s social contract with Youths. Our party, the PDP will hold the Atiku presidency accountable.”
The presidential candidate used the opportunity to reaffirm his readiness to “get Nigeria working again”. He said “II have many children but only one of them is working with the government, all others are working in my various companies. I believe in creating jobs, my government will create jobs for the youth.”
Pledging to ensure that youths will play major roles in his administration, Atiku said “I pledge that 40% of my government will be youths. My Minister for Youth will be less than 30 years of age, if you are in that category, it could be you! ”
He also promised that lower tax rates and other incentives will be given to the private sector to provide jobs as it is done in the civilised world.
“My government will invest seriously in education to come up with citizens who will be useful to themselves and the country as a whole”, Atiku Abubakar assured.
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