{"id":129183,"date":"2024-08-28T23:37:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T22:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george"},"modified":"2024-08-29T00:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T23:48:03","slug":"im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m not preoccupied with 2027 presidency \u2013 Atiku replies Bode George"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said he\u2019s not preoccupied with the 2027 presidency currently.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku said he\u2019s currently preoccupied with the plight of Nigerians suffering hunger and deprivation due to President Bola Tinubu\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>The former Vice President was responding to a remark by the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) member, Chief Bode George, that he should ignore running for the presidency in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>George had advised Atiku to take a cue from United States President Joe Biden and bury any thought of vying for Nigeria\u2019s presidency in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>However, Atiku charged the PDP chieftain to advise Tinubu to reassess his policies affecting Nigerians and not comment on his political future.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, reads: \u201cWe cannot afford to put the cart before the horse. At this point, Atiku Abubakar\u2019s preoccupation is not 2027. His concern is about 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is about 2025 and 2026 and beyond. His concern is about the plight of Nigerians who are literarily going through hell because of the failed trial-and-error policies of this administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average citizen, and indeed all Nigerians, need to survive the tsunami that has become the administration of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is insensitive to be talking about 2027 now when the 2023 mandate has not yielded any tangible benefits for Nigerians, who are now far worse off in every facet of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBode George himself should also turn his attention to counselling Tinubu to reassess some of his ill-advised policies that have deepened poverty and divisions in our country instead of prioritising the politics of 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said he\u2019s not preoccupied with the 2027 presidency currently. Atiku said he\u2019s currently preoccupied with the plight of Nigerians suffering hunger and deprivation due to President Bola Tinubu\u2019s policies. The former Vice President was responding to a remark by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":129182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[316,1194,254],"class_list":["post-129183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-atiku","tag-bode-george","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I\u2019m not preoccupied with 2027 presidency \u2013 Atiku replies Bode George - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said he\u2019s not preoccupied with ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I\u2019m not preoccupied with 2027 presidency \u2013 Atiku replies Bode George\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said he\u2019s not preoccupied with ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-28T22:37:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-28T23:48:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1724876266.699883.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"I\u2019m not preoccupied with 2027 presidency \u2013 Atiku replies Bode George\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-28T22:37:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-28T23:48:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george\"},\"wordCount\":285,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1724876266.699883.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Atiku\",\"Bode George\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/im-not-preoccupied-with-2027-presidency-atiku-replies-bode-george\",\"name\":\"I\u2019m not preoccupied with 2027 presidency \u2013 Atiku replies Bode George - 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