Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that Nigeria must restructure if the country would achieve the desired unity and development being craved by the citizenry.
Speaking in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital during a consultation visit to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, the Waziri of Adamawa said, “You all know, I have been an advocate of restructuring,” while calling on Governor Dickson to join him “to work towards a restructured Nigeria in 2019.”
He said, if given the opportunity to rule the country in 2019, his priority is to ensure that the country is first restructured.
Admitting that the governor was on the same page with him on theb restructuring agenda, Atiku said he has been consistent on the issue as far back as 2004.
The former vice president maintained that he will create jobs for the teaming youths of the country as well as give opportunity for private businesses to thrive.
“I’m definitely going to open up the economy for foreign investment as well as local investment. I will encourage the private sector to create as many jobs as possible because our number one problem in thiscountry today is lack of jobs for our young men and women,” he stated.
Atiku thanked the people of the state for hosting him and his team, maintaining that he was not a stranger in the state.
He commended the governor for the huge infrastructural development in the state, adding that “there are few Nigerians who are conversant with the physical conditions of the Niger Delta and Bayelsa in particular.
“Let me thank this state for the way they have been conducting themselves in making sure that there is continuity in the partygovernance in the state. In other words, since 1999, it has always been one PDP administration after the other.
“The achievements that have been recorded could partially be attributed to that continuity. Coming to specific performance, I will like to congratulate Governor Dickson for his achievements in landmark development projects in this state. There has been no single governor who has recorded the achievements he has made.”
Reacting, Dickson commended the former vice president for finding time to
visit the state.
“I want to thank you for the position you have taken on the issue of restructuring. You have been very consistent and you are one of the most consistent political persons in support of a new Nigeria.”
