The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2027 general elections, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has maintained that his position on subsidy has not changed and will not changed, insisting: "I will restore it!"
The ADC presidential candidate, receiving Osun State leadership of the ADC in Abuja on Tuesday, restated his commitment to Nigerians.
Atiku declared: "A nation as blessed as ours has no business abandoning its citizens to hardship. Nigeria is rich enough to look after her own."
The ADC presidential candidate articulated that the wealth of a nation is not measured by how much government collects, but by how much the money in the pockets of its people can buy.
Atiku, accordingly, declared: "I want wages to have value again. I want farmers to move produce without transport swallowing their profits. I want families to fill their baskets without emptying their pockets. I want businesses to produce, employ and prosper.
"That is why I will restore targeted subsidy and put purchasing power back in the hands of Nigerians."
Atiku highlighted that when fuel price rises, transport rises; when transport rises, food rises. When food rises, families suffer.
"I will break that wretched chain that has defined our national life in the nearly four years of Tinubu’s presidency.
"I will support Nigerian production, reduce energy costs and restore purchasing power. I will not restore the import racket; I will restore relief.
"I will make the naira in your pocket worth more, make daily living affordable again, and secure our people.
"Economic security. Physical security. A better life for every Nigerian.
"That is the Nigeria I intend to build," Atiku promised. -AA
Atiku further promised that he will Secure the country.
Atiku further declared, inter alia: "We are competing with thieves.
"They stole the election; now they have stolen the economy; they have stollen everything."
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