Flag-bearer of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that the federal government must show clear direction of its policy projections.
Mr. Atiku also said that the hike in food product prices, current economic realities and insecurity problems in Nigeria must be solved in order to achieve progress in 2024.
He made this known on his X, formerly Twitter account on Monday in his new year message to Nigerians.
“It is with great adulation to God and a heart full of gratitude that I join other patriots to welcome Nigerians to the New Year 2024. The past year was definitely a challenging year, but the lessons that we took away from it are what should prepare us for the future that the New Year holds.
“It is my belief that one of the reasons the Almighty created time and season is for us to take stock of our realities and effect necessary amends.
“Certainly, many families and businesses already know the intensity of the trying times that we are currently going through – though we could have taken a completely different pathway, had the government been smarter with their policy prescriptions,” he stated.
The former Vice President of Nigeria also mentioned that the challenges of Nigeria are evident, stressing that deliberate actions must be taken to tackle them this year.
His words: “The rising cost of food items, goods and services, the malfunction in our national economy and the degenerating state of our national and community security are all existential challenges that we have to face squarely in the New Year.”
He also stated that while many companies have closed their operations in Nigeria – and moved their enterprise elsewhere with clearer policies and visions, the situation of life for Nigerians keeps getting direr.
“To walk back from these throes of adversities will require a well-thought vision of National Planning that will deliberately make the common people of Nigeria the centrepiece of our development,” he explained.
However, he added that 2024 is still new on its canvas, hence, there is ample time for the current government to champion a pathway to addressing the acute hardship that Nigerians are going through.
Atiku maintained that the government must show a clear direction of its policy projections and desist from the subsisting behaviour of groping in the dark.
He congratulated Nigerians for witnessing the new year and charged them to double their efforts to put their families and businesses in good shape.
