Nigeria needs a president who can govern, not just trend online -Atiku to ADC

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has told delegates of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to prioritise competence and nationalist scope implicit sentiments and societal media popularity arsenic it prepares to prime a statesmanlike campaigner up of the 2027 wide election.

In a connection by his Senior Special Assistant connected Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the erstwhile Vice President dismissed societal media enthusiasm arsenic an insufficient trial for the presidency. 

Atiku insisted that the enactment indispensable tract its strongest campaigner to decision President Bola Tinubu, arguing that with Nigeria mired successful economical hardship, mounting debts, insecurity and organization decay, the ADC cannot spend the luxury of fielding an untested candidate.

“This is not a play for governmental experimentation. Nigeria cannot spend a learning-on-the-job presidency,” helium declared.

He took a pointed swipe astatine the question of enthusiasm surrounding definite contenders, insisting that statesmanlike contests are decided by structures, strategy, and governance capacity, not integer noise.

“Elections are not won connected societal media enthusiasm alone. Governance is not show art. The presidency is not ...