Atiku Storms Lagos, Meets With NESG (FULL DETAILS) 

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP arrived in Lagos on Monday morning for a meeting with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).

The former Vice President confirmed his arrival at the venue of the Summit House in a post via his verified Twitter handle.

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Sharing photographs of his arrival, the PDP presidential candidate captioned: “I’m at The Summit House in Lagos for an engagement with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group.”

This is coming days after the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu met with business leaders in Lagos, where he spoke about his plan to remove petrol (Fuel) subsidy if elected as Nigeria’s next president come February 25, 2023.

During his presentation, however, on Friday Tinubu reiterated at the meeting organized by NESG that his administration would have the subsidy on petrol removed if elected president.

Taking a swipe at the incumbent administration of the All Progressives Congress APC, Atiku said the failure of the Muhammadu Buhari administration is staring every Nigerian in the face.

“Capital has taken a flight alongside policy incoherence which continues to cause an impediment to economic growth,” the PDP presidential candidate said.

Atiku further stated that if elected as Nigeria’s next president, his government would support the private sector to drive growth.

“We have done it before, and you know we can do it again,” Atiku boasts.

He added: “We will create a strong partnership with the private sector to create jobs, grow our infrastructure and fight poverty. Our government will tackle the deficit in infrastructure financing and fast-track infrastructure development in the country.

“We will review government procurement processes to ensure value for money.

“No one should downplay the enormity of the task ahead. I have a good knowledge of the challenges facing Nigeria. I will come prepared and experienced.

“It will be dangerous for Nigeria to relinquish their future to a greenhorn or the national leader of the same party that brought us to this very sorry situation,” the presidential hopeful said.

He added: “I’m sure you still remember the good old days of rapid economic growth with stable interest and exchange rates, low inflation, low unemployment rates and low poverty headcount. We paid off nearly all of our foreign debt which was crippling the country.

“As head of the economic management team while I was Vice President, I was instrumental in designing a private sector revival strategy and advocated for the opening of the economy for private sector investments in several sectors. And we made tremendous progress.”

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