The Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has declared President Muhammadu Buhari a failure in the area of providing jobs for Nigerians.
Atiku recalled that the job report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on November 19, 2018, “is not just terrible, it is catastrophic. They show that under the All Progressives Congress administration, a whopping 20.93 million Nigerians have lost their jobs!
“To put this in perspective the unemployed population in Nigeria is now twice the population of Benin Republic!
“Nigeria cannot continue like this, especially with an administration that continues to blame others for things that they should find solutions for with the latest ridiculous episode being President Buhari’s blaming of former President Jonathan for his own inability to appoint ministers for six months, an action that is directly responsible for the sorry state of unemployment in Nigeria.
“We urge Nigerians to note that a President who can’t create jobs or wealth in his own private business cannot create jobs or wealth for the public because you cannot give what you do not have.
“Right now, Nigeria is the world headquarters of extreme poverty and our main challenge is jobs. Atiku Abubakar is an expert at job and wealth creation having created 50,000 jobs in his own private capacity.”
Atiku said that whatever is entrusted into his hands blooms, adding that he will never have 150 cattle year in and year out.
“I will never blame others and will always accept responsibility for changing things. Nigeria needs jobs and I, Atiku, means JOBS.
