Atiku Abubakar, the People’s Democratic Party’s candidate for president in 2023, has stated that, if he is elected, he will wipe out Boko Haram and assist entrepreneurs in reviving and expanding their businesses in order to jumpstart the economy.
On Monday, Atiku made the promise in front of a group of party members attending the PDP Presidential Campaign in Gombe, Gombe State.
In addition, he pledged to assist in the implementation of policies to help businesses get off the ground and assist entrepreneurs in expanding their operations in order to revitalize the ailing economy.
Atiku, who primarily spoke Hausa, stated, “What I want to pledge here in Gombe is to ensure that we give businesses the support to set-up industries that will give youths both males and females jobs.
“Recall it was the PDP that built the Dakin-Kowa Dam to provide electricity to the North-east and give farmers the opportunity to farm, I will create wealth and jobs in Gombe State, if you give me the mandate.
“I promise you that if you elect me what we have started, I will ensure that the electricity that will be provided from Dakin-Kowa Dam will be sufficient to the entire North-east.
“ I will enhance farming so that our farmers will have the opportunity to farm both during raining and dry seasons.”
Concerning his other strategies regarding the North East Geopolitical Zone, Atiku said, “Gombe, Bauchi, Adamawa, Borno and Yobe are all interconnected; therefore, I will ensure that we build roads to enable smooth trip within these states with ease and ensure that commercial activities thrive, most especially.
“I will return peace to the state because without peace all these pledges that I made cannot be actualized, I will wipe out Boko Haram. Book Haram is nothing.
“We have wiped out Boko Haram in Adamawa, What will stop us from wiping out Boko Haram in Borno or Yobe or anywhere they are in this country. Therefore give us the mandate.
“When Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the Prime Minister most of you were not born, dont you want another Tafawa Balewa in the North-east? This can only be actualised by voting PDP and here I am the one that will give you the opportunity to produce another Tafawa Balewa.”
