Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has stated that every negative thing now happens in the Nigeria of today.
The PDP presidential candidate stated that since 1999, Nigeria had never experienced this level of poverty, insecurity and unemployment.
This was stated by the former vice-president the ongoing 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos.
Atiku said, “Since the return of democracy in 1998/99, Nigeria has never found itself in such a very very critical point in our history.
“Today, we have had all the negative indices. Today, we are all disunited in the nation. We have never experienced this level of poverty. We have never experienced this state of insecurity. We have never experienced this level of unemployment. We have recognised all these negative development in our history. ”
Atiku added that history now beckoned on Nigerians to tackle the negative developments. “What is important is how to tackle these challenges.”
Atiku had also posted on his Twitter that he was at the NBA conference to give lawyers insights into his bold policy.
“I used the opportunity of the first plenary session of the 62nd NBA conference to give Nigerian lawyers an insight into my bold policy framework that embodies Unity, Security, Economy, Education and Devolution of power to states and local governments.
”known by the acronym of Unity-SEED. I stressed how interconnected these five policy prescriptions are. I assured them that a new Nigeria of our dreams is possible in the hands of a bold man of experience. -AA
The conference, themed “BOLD Transitions” is scheduled to hold between August 19 to 26, 2022.