The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the next general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has listed structuring and devolution of power as part of his electioneering agenda for the country.
He said that all the states of the federation will benefit from it to increase the level of productivity.
The former Vice President said that over-concentration of power to the government at the center and multiple duplications of agencies lead to the creation of parallel bureaucracies.
“Nigerian people are excellent supporters and team players in a leadership environment that is open, friendly, and merit-based. We have the will and determination not only to promote the pursuit of happiness but also the actual attainment of happiness and the good life in an egalitarian society.
“These hallmarks of our civilization require that we restructure Nigeria in every facet of endeavour, open up the democratic space and mobilise our collective energy towards full-scale economic production.
“We come with strong determination to rescue Nigeria and her people and rebuild the now broken bridges of brotherhood which our founding fathers laboured to erect,” Atiku said.
“Our experience in the past seven years under the government of APC has made us doubt our strength as a people.
“In fact, it is safe to say that the greatest thing that the APC government will be remembered for is how it failed to maintain the integrity of our unity, how it has put a knife between the things that hitherto held us together.
“I am determined to restore hope, rebuild our broken fabrics, reverse the locust years of bleeding of our commonwealth, and place Nigeria on the world map,” the PDP presidential candidate said.
