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We as a Nation must be United – Atiku

The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for president in the upcoming elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has stated that all politicians and Nigerians alike owe it to their country to sign the National Peace Accord.

The former vice president stated after signing the peace agreement Thursday, that he is personally committed to this responsibility.

“I also believe, personally, that our roles as democrats should be established on fidelity to fair and credible elections.

“We as a nation must be united in this belief,” the PDP flagbearer stated on his official Facebook Page.

The public and PDP members were further asked by him to conduct the campaigns in a peaceful manner and to abide by all applicable laws against hate speech, notwithstanding any and all provocation.

In a previous statement, the PDP leader pledged to reorganize Nigeria and distribute authority to the nation’s federating units.

“There is over-concentration in the Federal Government with multiple duplications of agencies leading to the creation of parallel bureaucracies,” Atiku said in a broadcast late Wednesday.

“The federating units shall benefit from the devolution of powers to increase their productive capacity for synergy and collaboration with each other.”

Atiku’s remarks are the most recent in a series of demands for a fiscal federalist restructuring of Nigeria’s government and the devolution of several powers currently under the sole control of the federal government.

In light of the fact that Nigeria is currently experiencing more serious national security issues, policing is currently at the top of the list of items that restructuring proponents want federating units to have power over.

And the former vice president declared that his government would reconstruct the nation if elected in February of next year.

“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,” Atiku stated.

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