Politics
ATIKU: I’ll undo what Buhari has done to Nigeria
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate for the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has regretted that Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari is the “world headquarters for extreme poverty”.
He said if elected president he would change the situation by ensuring that no less than 40 per cent of his cabinet would be women and youths.
Atiku stated this in a post on his Twitter handle this Wednesday.
He wrote, “Nigeria under Buhari is now the world HQ for extreme poverty. If we are to change that, we must empower women and youths. Therefore, I give an undertaking that if by the grace of God, I am elected by you the good people of Nigeria, at least 40% of my cabinet would be women & youths’.
Atiku, who was vice president under President Olusegun Obasanjo administration between 1999 to 2017, said that their then government designed policies to help young people, grow stronger banks, telecoms etc and many Nigerians returned to the country to start successful businesses.
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“Our policy document which is ready and will be unveiled soon, is dedicated primarily to creating an enabling environment for Nigerian youth and women to return to the path of wealth creation and gainful employment,” he said.
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