By Joseph Akanbi
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the February 16 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has promised to revitalize the comatose economy of the country if voted into office.
The Waziri of Adamawa made the remarks during the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential campaign on Tuesday in Osogbo, the capital city of Osun State.
Abubakar who said a vote for PDP is a vote for enhanced security and self employment for the youth & women. Also enhanced opportunities through agriculture, small scale enterprise, improved education skills, sales of cash crops & production facilities at farm levels.
The PDP Presidential candidate also said he would give 40 per cent appointment to youths and 30 percent to women in his government.
While urging the people of the state to vote for him and other PDP candidates, Abubakar also appealed to them to protect their votes.
“I appeal to you to vote for PDP from top to the bottom and your vote for the party means job, security and improved economy,” he said.
Also speaking at the rally, Abubakar’s wife, Mrs Titi Abubakar, said a vote for her husband would end the suffering imposed by the APC led regime all over the country.
She urged the electorate to vote for her husband and other PDP candidates, adding that her husband would provide jobs, empower women and end poverty.
In his appeal to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, urged INEC and security operatives to be neutral during the election.
Secondus also urged the new Acting Inspector General of Police , Mohammad Abubakar, to be fair to all Nigerians. He later called on the electorate to vote for Atiku Abubakar and other PDP candidates in the forthcoming elections.
Lastly, the Osun PDP Chairman, Mr Soji Adagunodo, said the electorate in the state would give 80 per cent of their votes to Abubakar and other PDP candidates in the elections.