Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the presidential candidate, promised to address security and economic challenges bedevilling the country if elected in 2023.
Abubakar stated this on Tuesday during a PDP presidential campaign rally in Katsina.
“I promise to enhance the security situation and the economy to boost business activities if elected,” he promised.
He said that PDP was determined to move the country forward and called on Nigerians to come out en masse to vote for the party’s candidates in the 2023 general election.
Atiku said that PDP has done a lot in developing Katsina state, hence, the need for the people to reciprocate by voting for its candidates in 2023.
Earlier, the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, said Katsina was the second home of Atiku.
He said it was high time for those who left the party to come back and move it forward.
Also, the PDP Vice-Presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, said the party can take the country out of the challenges.
Okowa said Nigeria would be better again with people like Atiku as president.
“Security challenge will be a thing of the past if Nigerians elect the party’s presidential candidate during the 2023 poll,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hundreds of defectors from other parties were received at the event.
Meanwhile, Abubakar has donated N50 million to victims of bandits attacks taking refuge in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state.
Atiku said this when he visited the Emir of Katsina, Dr Abdulmuminu Kabir-Usman at his Palace in Katsina.
He sympathised with the state's people and other states over security and other challenges bedevilling them.
The PDP Presidential candidate vowed to tackle security and economic challenges in the North if elected president in the 2023 general election.
“I sympathise with the people of Katsina and other northern states facing security and economic challenges.
“I want to assure you that I will end all these challenges if elected as President of Nigeria.
“On behalf of myself, I donate the sum of N50 million to victims of banditry in the state who have relocated to other places due to bandits attacks in their communities,” Abubakar said.
Responding, the Emir said the Emirate would only pray and support candidates willing to tackle security challenges facing the state and other parts of the North.
He lauded Abubakar for his willingness to tackle the evils of insecurity and poverty in the country if elected president in 2023.
(NAN)