Former Vice President of Nigeria and a presidential candidate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has met with delegates of the Party in Ondo State.
Faulting the federal government for failing to meet the demands of striking lecturers, Atiku said if he is elected, he would address the problems facing the country’s education sector.
He also stressed to the delegates the need for devolution of power, stressing that power is too concentrated at the centre.
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was Vice President to President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999-2007 under the Peoples Democratic Party under the administration of Former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The Former Vice President has been on a quest to be President of Nigeria since 1993 when he initially lost out to Chief MKO Abiola and has been the Presidential Candidate of the Action Congress in the 2007 Election as Vice President to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo after he was prevented from participating in the Primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party.
He was also the Consensus Candidate of the Northern Elders Forum in the 2011 Election within the Peoples Democratic Party but lost the ticket to President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was also an aspirant under the APC in 2015 but also lost out to President Buhari and was the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 and lost in the General Election to President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC.
He was a former Deputy Director of the Customs Service.
He was a delegate during the course of choosing a Presidential Candidate in the lead up to the June 12 1993 Presidential Election for the Social Democratic Party.
