{"id":1320,"date":"2018-12-31T16:26:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2018-12-31T16:26:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:26:27","slug":"2019-presidency-atiku-attacks-buhari-in-new-year-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/head-lines\/2019-presidency-atiku-attacks-buhari-in-new-year-message","title":{"rendered":"2019 presidency: Atiku attacks Buhari in New Year message"},"content":{"rendered":"

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has hinted on what 2019 holds for Nigerians.<\/p>\n

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The former Vice President, in a statement he personally signed and made available to reporters on Monday, called on Nigerians to work together to see to the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari government.<\/p>\n

In the statement he entitled: \u2018My New Year message to Nigerians\u2019, Atiku said, \u201cAs 2018 comes to an end and 2019 beckons, on behalf of my family and I, let me wish you and your family a very happy New Year in advance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn 2018, we became the world headquarters for extreme poverty, however, I am convinced that in 2019, if we chart a new course, we can become the world headquarters for hope and extreme devotion to the cause of lifting our people out of poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201c2019 is as yet a blank page. As a nation, we must not settle for whatever it brings. Rather, we must take collective action, through our choices, in making it a year where we revive national hope, with visionary leadership that sees our economy and institutions working again as they did in our golden era.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can chart a new course and open a new chapter that sees every Nigerian living in peace and prosperity with their neighbour. It can be the year when our youths finally get a job instead of being unfairly tagged as lazy. With purposeful leadership, it can also be the year when we put an end to terrorism and usher in a golden age of peace.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut it will not just happen by itself. We have to make changes from the top all the way to the bottom. We already have the vision, the vision of a nation that is a beacon of hope for the Black Race and the world at large, what we lack and what 2019 can provide, is the leadership that has the capacity to translate that vision into reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2019, Nigerians need a leadership that is 100% for 100% of Nigerians, 100% of the time. We have seen where division and sectionalism has led us to. Now let us try unity and patriotism.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t lose heart and hope. Nigeria is no stranger to overcoming difficulties. In fact, we have an uncanny ability to perform our best when the worst is upon us. I urge my fellow countrymen and women to remember how we became the first nation in the world to defeat and overcome the Wild Ebola Virus, when even First World nations were struggling with the scourge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat resilience is domiciled in our national psyche and together we shall win forever. We shall win over forces of disunity. We shall win over forces of poverty and backwardness.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut more importantly, in 2019, I want Nigerians to know that it is possible to have a leadership that is compassionate and that this does not equate to weakness. A leadership that is bold but not domineering. A leadership that is intelligent, but not arrogant.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, that is the only type of leadership that can navigate the difficulties currently facing our dear nation and lead us to Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress, which are our national motto and which are the hope of all Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, I wish you all a Happy New Year and may 2019 be the year of Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n

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