The best New Year gift you can give Nigerians is to declare presidential ambition - Group to Atiku

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- A group called on Atiku to declare his presidential ambition

- It described the former vice president as the best person to lead the country

- It called on Atiku to make his declaration a New Year gift to Nigerians

A group of young politicians under the aegis of Atiku for President (AFP) called on former vice presisent, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to declare his ambition for the Presidency on or before January 1, 2018.

The organisationin a statement on Wednesday, December 27 said the best New Year gift Atiku could give Nigerians should be to "wake them up in the morning of January 1, 2018 and announce his intention to seek the highest office in the land in 2019."

The AFP in a statement by its Convener, Abdulrahman Abdulraheem and National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Uchele Oguche, in Jos stated that it has a self-imposed mandate to mobilize at least four million youths with PVC to vote for Atiku in the 2019 election.

The statement reads: "We the youths of this nation have chosen Atiku as our next president and we are ready to move round every corner of the world with him like an unstoppable train to actualize this mandate. We hereby use this historic moment to call on the Waziri Adamawa to declare for President on or before January 1 2018 so that this extraordinary journey to rescue our dear country from its gradual decent into the status of a failed state can begin in earnest.

"The best New Year gift he can give Nigerians who have been at the receiving end of the hideous irresponsibility of the APC-led administration, is to wake them up in the morning of January 1, 2018 and announce his intention to seek the highest office in the land in 2019."

"The APC has also failed to fix the economy, rather their indecision and sometimes curious decisions have caused loss of jobs. Based on their reckless utterances, acts of omission and commission, Nigeria is more divided along ethnic/religious lines today than at any other time in the country's history.

"We have now found a man who has a history of creating wealth and employing millions of people even in his private capacity; a detribalized Nigerian who understands the diverse and complex nature of the nation, a sound mind who also has eagle eyes for talents and who will not waste time to appoint credible world class professionals who will work with him to reposition the economy. Based on his recent utterances and conduct, he has shown that Nigerian youths will be the bedrock of his administration come 2019.

"We therefore call on Atiku to desist from further wasting the time of the teeming Nigerian youths. We are aware that Atiku recently left the ruling party to re-join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to prepare for another shot at the Presidency, though he is still consulting.

"Our core mandate is to mobilize two million Nigerian youths with Permanent Voters’ Cards who also have the capacity to mobilize at least one friend or relative with PVCs to vote for Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 Presidential election.

"We are a group of like-minded young, vibrant, cerebral and articulate grassroots politicians. We have established formidable structures in all the 8810 wards, 774 local government areas and 36 states of the federation as well as Abuja for the purpose of advancing the Atiku presidential cause. Our thousands of members and volunteers scattered all over the country are waiting for green light from Atiku to hit the ground running," the statement read in part."

According to the AFP, the present administration has failed to fulfill its promises owing to its failure to make fuel available during the Yuletide even as Nigerians have to pay exorbitant price for it.

The organisation therefore argued that the only man who has the experience, clout and capacity to create jobs and make the economy work is Atiku, who has a history of job and wealth creation in his private capacity.

Meanwhile, Atiku reacted to news of Yusuf Buhari’s accident saying his family will be praying for him.

NAIJ.com had reported that Yusuf who is the son of President Muhammadu Buhari was involved in a bike accident in Abuja.

The former vice president in his reaction via his twitter page on Wednesday, December 27, wrote: “Our thoughts are with the first family - our family will be praying for you. We wish Yusuf a speedy recovery.”

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