Ex VP Atiku Abubakar Visits APC National Chairman [Photos]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar paid a visit to National Chairman of APC, John Odigie -Oyegun in Abuja yesterday July 18th.
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Showing posts with label Atiku Abubakar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atiku Abubakar. Show all posts
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Sunday, 5 June 2016
You Own A University Here But Sent Your Daughter To Study, Nigerians Attack Atiku (Photos)
Former vice president of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar looked dapper as he attended his daughter, Hasfat’s graduation today.
Atiku after sharing the photos on his twitter handle got serious bashing from online users who asked him why his daughter studied abroad when he owns a university in Nigeria (AUN). Read the chilling tweets plus more photos below…
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
''Give Buhari A Pass Mark”- Atiku Tells Nigerians
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerians to give President Muhammadu Buhari a “pass mark” for his efforts in the first year of his administration.
He made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at the launch of a book titled “We Are All Biafrans” written by Chido Onumah.
Atiku, who was chairman at the occasion, noted of the five areas the Buhari administration pledged to face, he has accomplished two and should be encouraged.
“He promised to look into issues like power, insurgency, unemployment, corruption and diversification and if you are to take two out of five, you can give him a pass mark.“He has dealt with corruption and with Boko Haram. For power, give him time,’’ he said.
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
I Was Queried By Obasanjo For Suggesting Privatisation Of NNPC – Atiku.
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Tuesday reviewed his stewardship with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, stating that he was queried by Obasanjo, his boss then, for suggesting the privatisation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NPPC).
Abubakar, who spoke at a book presentation, titled; “We are all Biafrans” written by Chido Onuma, stated that idea of setting up a North East Development Commission (NEDC) as being proposed by the present administration was not necessary.
According to him, the situations in the North East and Niger Delta are not the same even though the North East deserves national and international attention.
Abubakar, who spoke as the chairman of the book launch, revealed that he advised against the policy of gas to power plants as a means to increase power generation, because he believed they would not work given the high level of vandalism.
He said: “President Obasanjo refused to listen to me on gas to power plants. With gas to power plant, you will not get electricity and we have been trying it since 2002, we have not got there and we will never get there.”
According to him, he advised the President on investment in hydro electricity in order to increase power to the national grid.”
Speaking on the Niger Delta issue, he stated that his administration as a Vice President invested in the Niger Delta, but that the Niger Delta Ministry was his campaign idea in 2007 when he lost the presidency to late President Umar Yar’Adua.
Abubakar explained that why the Niger Delta Ministry has not yield much improvement in the area was as a result of where it is sited. According to him, it would have been sited in the Niger Delta area.
He, however, explained that this could not be so because the founder of Niger Delta Ministry, late President Yar’Adua was not prepared to become President.
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Atiku Sets Up Livestock Feed Factory To Address Herdsmen/Farmers Clash
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday in Abuja laid the foundation stone of a livestock feed factory that would address the clashes between the Fulani herdsmen and farmers all over the country. According to him, the factory, Rico Gado Nutrition Limited, located at the Idu Industrial area in Abuja has the capacity to turn out 50 tonnes per hour of animal feed and which will feed about 90 million cows when completed in 32 weeks.
“We agreed that, if we wanted to succeed, we would have to offer our customers the best possible product at the best possible price, in the quickest possible time. And because we want farming to once more, become profitable. “We are contributing to job creation, technology transfer and progressive change in farming culture. We believe there is a future in farming.
We went against the usual way of doing business in Nigeria because we did not just want to build a factory; we wanted to build a value chain. “We wanted to ensure that the bulk of the value added stayed with the farmers who do the hard work of growing the grains and seeds we buy, process, and market. We want more people to engage in and profit from the cultivation of the seeds and grains we buy and process, and to have a long-term perspective on farming.
“It is in its early days, but I think we’re on the right track. I’m very proud of Rico Gado Nutrition Nigeria’s first plant and the agricultural cluster that is growing along its supply lines and that extends well beyond Adamawa state.
“I’m immensely pleased that, today, we are gathered here in Abuja to break ground for our second, even bigger plant, which will create an even longer value chain. This plant, on this five hectare land in Idu Industrial Layout, is expected to be completed in 32 weeks.
It will initially have an installed capacity of 50 tonnes per hour and will enable us serve a wider market as we prepare to build another plant in a third location soon. “Despite the doubts about our economy because of current challenges, we are confident about Nigeria’s future and about our future.
I think I speak for my partners in this joint venture when I say: We know what we are getting into, and we’re doing it because we believe in Nigeria, because we believe that Nigeria will overcome its current difficulties, we believe our nation will change for the better. “We break ground today because we know we can complete this plant on time and on budget; and because we can count on our management team and on our construction crew, because we know we can trust each other, and because we know we have the experience and the expertise to work around the obstacles we will face”.
In his opening remarks, the Chairman, Board of Directors of the company, Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed Song, disclosed that the company established in partnership with some Portuguese investors, have the potential to change the face of livestock production in Nigeria.
Monday, 2 May 2016
Buhari Alone Can’t Turn Around Nigeria’s Fortunes – Atiku
A former Vice-President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, said President Muhammadu Buhari alone could not turn around Nigeria’s fortunes.
He said this in his May Day message to Nigerian workers, contained in a statement by his Media Office.
Atiku said in view of the challenges that the country and its people were facing, it would take the support of everyone working in tandem with the Buhari administration to lift the economy out of the doldrums.
Atiku added, “President Buhari alone cannot turn around the fortunes of the country.
“It requires everyone – elected and appointed officials, the legislature and the judiciary, the public and private sectors and ordinary Nigerians – working together in faith and commitment to bring about the desired change.
“With dwindling revenue from oil, it has become imperative for us to bake a bigger cake that will be big enough for all partakers. To achieve this, we need to be more creative as a government and more productive as a people.
“We all need to make sacrifices in line with the realities of the time. It is not enough to ask workers to make sacrifices while public office holders are ostensibly immune to it. Such a situation promotes industrial disharmony.”
He reminded workers that the envisaged better deal for them was intrinsically tied to increased productivity.
