Atiku eager to serve Nigerians as president, says PDP Chieftain

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta, Fred Majemite, on Sunday threw his support behind the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar.

In an interview on Sunday, Mr Majemite said Mr Abubakar is always eager to serve the country due to his understanding of the nation’s problems.

He explained that the candidate had contested for the same office in the past because he was still eager to serve Nigerians.

“You know, in politics, once you have been beaten by the bug and you really want to prove a point that you will do better, you continue to be involved.

“If he was desperate, he had an option to be president after former President Olusegun Obasanjo the first term, but he refused the option; remember, at that time, he had all the structures.

“But he is eager to serve the country at the presidential level, that is why he always brings himself up to contest for the number one seat,” he said.

He described the candidate as one who understands Nigeria’s problems.

On the expectations from Mr Abubakar should he win the presidential election, Mr Majemite, a former gubernatorial aspirant in Delta, said tackling insecurity and power problems would be his focus.

He said Mr Abubakar should first curb or reduce insecurity.

“After that, it’s not yet Uhuru in the power sector. When we talk about the free fall of the naira, we will continue to have this problem if we don’t get the power crisis sorted out.”

He said every Nigerian needs a power supply, adding that once the power issue is tackled, investors would naturally troop into the country.

“If he can solve the power problem, he would have been creating an enabling environment for people to do their business.

“Then we will have enough to export, and the naira will be stronger because if we don’t change our taste, we will continue to get the same result,” he said.

He said that, presently, the nation is not exporting anything aside from crude oil.

“We are saying everyone should go back to agriculture, but even the farm produce, we still need to preserve them if we are to export them.

“Aside from silos, we must also use warmers and dryers, so we still need electricity.

“So tackling the insecurity in the country as well as the power problem are extremely important to the PDP candidate,” he said. 

(NAN)