The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday berated the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying steps taken by the APC since 2015 had ended in failure.
He declared that the party was on a rescue mission to save Nigeria from further sinking.
Speaking at the North-Central zonal presidential campaign rally held at the Metropolitan Square, Ilorin, Atiku said the APC had misgoverned the country by making promises which were not fulfilled.
He stated, “In 2015, the APC promised us security which they failed to provide. They promised us food on our table, but today we are hungry. They promised us good health facility and adequate supply of drugs in our hospitals which they failed to do. They promised to fight corruption but worsen the system.
“Every step they take is a failure. In terms of corruption, they are the worst; in the provision of security, they have failed; they failed to create jobs for our teeming youths and today, inflation has taken over. In 2014, Hajj fare was N600,000 but in 2018, it has jumped to N1.5m, food prices have gone up and they continue to tell the people of this country lies.”
“The PDP has come to rescue the people of the country from the suffering, which the APC has put us into,” he added.
Also speaking at the rally, the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, urged Nigerians to vote for the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in order to rescue the nation from hunger.
Secondus said, “The nation is currently suffering from hunger and insecurity. There is a need for a competent and well experienced Nigerian to come on board to save us. As we are all aware Nigeria is in distress and we are in dire need of a well-connected leader to rescue us.”
In his address, the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, who is the Director General of Atiku Campaign organization, urged Nigerians to vote President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC out of power in next year’s general election, lamenting that the APC had failed to deliver on all its 2015 campaign promises.