Hauwa Atiku-Uwais, daughter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, said she supports her father’s privatization plan because it will lead to the country’s industrialization.
On Tuesday, Atiku-Uwais stated on Channels Television’s “The 2023 Verdict” that the PDP’s privatization plan would create a business environment for Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).
Atiku-Uwais claimed that Abubakar’s proposed privatizations of some of the country’s assets, including refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt, and Warri, would open the economy and spur development.
She said:
In his covenant with Nigerians, he (Atiku) has consistently spoken about industrialisation and privatisation,
When you open up the space for the private sector to come in — we’ll have industries that can work, we have industries that generate money, pay taxes to the government, and enable the government to take care of its own business, diverting from the typical (dependence on) oil industry.
For me, liberalisation and privatisation will open up the space for public-private partnerships with government and will enable the government to concentrate on what the government should concentrate on which is regularisation and implementation and providing an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.
Once the economy is open, you and I will see a fantastic difference. My father is a champion of that and he has said it over and over in his campaigns over the years and this hasn’t changed.