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Atiku Abubakar Quotes

born 1946 Nigeria

Atiku Abubakar GCON (born 25 November 1946) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. He ran for the office of governor of Adamawa State in 1990 and 1996 unsuccessfully, but won in 1998.

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Random Atiku Abubakar quote

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"Restructuring Nigeria's economy and polity is a necessity, not an option."

"Nigeria is a country that has been blessed with rich natural and human resources."

"Nigeria is not working as well as it should and part of the reason is the way we have structured our country and governance."

"We must renegotiate our union in order to make it stronger."

"We must refrain from the habit of assuming that anyone calling for the restructuring of our federation is working for the breakup of the country."

"True federalism will encourage states to compete, attract investments and skilled workers rather than merely waiting for monthly revenue allocation from Abuja."

"Political decentralization will help to deepen and strengthen our democracy because citizens are more likely to demand accountability when governments spend their tax money."

We are concerned that the presidency has almost turned various institutions meant for checks and balances into one roof, which is dangerous.

"The restructuring I want to see happen is changing the structure of our country to take power from the elite and give it back to whom it belongs: the people."

"Some Nigerian states are poor not because they are not receiving a fair share of oil money but because they are not receiving a fair shot at true federalism."

A number of things. Deepening our democratic institutions and the issue of separation of powers under the constitution.

"I have never hidden my ambition to be president. My motivation is simple: I believe I have the experience and ideas to help Nigeria move in the right direction and achieve its potential."

"An excessively powerful centre does not equate with national unity. If anything, it has made our unity more fragile, our government more unstable and our country more unsafe."

I will not discuss my strategy here, but a coalition candidate facing Bola Tinubu is “dead on arrival.” If each leader in this coalition brings their zone to electoral victory, where will Bola stand?

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Atiku Abubakar (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.