posted February 14, 2023
Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Rowland Owie, has declared that among the current contenders jostling for Aso Rock Presidential office, only H.E. Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can rescue the country from the abysmal drift and pull Nigeria from the precipice that the ruling party has thrust the nation into; and place it on the path of unity, peace, stability, security, economic prosperity, and sustainable development, once again.
The Distinguished Senator stated this when he received the National Executive Committee (NEC) members of the National Movement of Nigeria (NMN) in his Benin City residence.
“If Nigeria is going to be salvaged, the PDP has to step into the driver’s seat to save this country politically and economically. The stakes are too high; we cannot allow Nigeria to continue in the way it is going.
“I do not sincerely see how we can continue to deceive ourselves. The APC-led Government has prevented the country from growing by limiting and restricting imports and coming up with all forms of phantom excuses to limit people from buying and importing what they need to live but cannot produce.
“The current administration has flung us into poverty with unprecedented inflation. It has also mortgaged the future of generations to come with reckless borrowings and needless, odious debt”.
The ex-Senate Whip described Atiku as a Nigerian who understands the country and has consistently demonstrated an abiding conviction and indestructible faith in the unity and greatness of Nigeria and her destiny in the context of access to interactive opportunities on the global scene.
“He is eminently qualified to contest the position of President of Nigeria, and he, indeed, remains the most prepared for the job. Given HE Atiku’s accomplishments in both the public and private sectors, I have no doubt that he would hit the ground running from day one”.
Recalling his relationship with the former Vice President that has lasted over the past fifty years, since their student days at the Ahmadu Bello University in 1968, Owie said that HE Atiku has always been Pan-Nigerian. He remains committed to restructuring and full devolution of powers.
“Atiku Abubakar is a symbol of hope, love, unity, compassion, and development. Most importantly, he is running alongside a humble child of God, HE Distinguished Senator Okowa, an administrator par excellence, and a cerebral physician of note”.
Furthermore, he said that; “a vote for the Atiku/Okowa ticket is a vote for the Nigerian renaissance and remains the surest way of redeeming our dear Nation”.