He stressed that the nation under the current administration has failed to provide the required environment for the youth to reach their full potentials.
Atiku said
“It is inspiring that amidst difficulties and growing anxiety over the future of our country, our people have refused to succumb to despair and hopelessness.
“This never-say-die attitude gives me immense hope and it is one of the reasons why I can never give up on Nigeria.”
Reacting to the agitation for generational shift,
Atiku said his generation owes younger generations the responsibility of offering its political shoulders to the new generation to climb upon.
This, he said,
was necessary to improve their vision and expand their horizon.
He noted that it is this trans-generational collaboration and partnership that represents the best model to create the future that we desire and deserve.
Nigeria, he said, should never again be subjected to leadership experimentation or learning on the job.
He recalled that the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration which he was part of successfully reformed some critical sectors of the economy such as telecommunications and the capital market.
Atiku said
“As Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, I worked closely with my boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo who is a passionate defender of Nigerian unity. “We focused on macro-economic stability and transforming critical areas such as banking, insurance, oil and gas, telecommunications, pension and the Civil Service.
“We created institutions that should lay the foundation for good governance and accountability such as the Bureau of Public Procurement, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, SERVICOM, whose golden rule is ‘Serve others as you would like to be served.’ Sadly, most of these institutions are now mere shadows of themselves.”
Atiku said what the Obasanjo administration was able to deliver because it had vision, commitment and dedication. Adding that good leadership is what it takes to make good things happen.
The former Vice President expressed sadness that rather than pay down our debts, our borrowing has been on the increase even at a time the price of oil has consistently been above $100 per barrel since the inception of the Jonathan administration.
“Rather than continuing to pay down our debts, our borrowing has actually been increasing even though the price of oil has consistently been above $100 per barrel since the inception of the current administration.” He said.
Atiku argued that resentment, disillusionment and hopelessness are the emotions on which insecurity and disharmony thrive.
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