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Atiku, Amaechi clash over privatisation in Abuja

Buhari, Atiku, others scheduled for presidential debate January 19

23rd November 2018
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Atiku, Amaechi clash over privatisation in Abuja

Atiku campaign spokesman Sowunmi (L), Amaechi (R)

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Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja, with agency report

Spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Segun Sowunmi, and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, clashed over the privatisation programme of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) when Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was president.

READ ALSO: Atiku’s return to PDP remarkable – Sowunmi

The war of words occurred at the first 2019 presidential debate hosted by The Osasu Show and held at NAF Conference Centre and Suites, in Abuja, where Sowunmi represented the 2019 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

President Muhammadu Buhari was not represented at the debate, which had other presidential candidates in attendance.

The theme of the symposium was Nigeria Rising! It’s Time: Establishing Social Accountability between the Electorate and Leaders.

Sowunmi spoke first.

He said during the Obasanjo presidency, of which Atiku was a principal actor, privatisation was embraced.

Sowunmi also said the action, which was the liberalisation and privatisation of key sectors, was taken in order to move the country in a direction of sustainable growth.

“…We were able to privatise some key sectors which expanded their ability to create jobs, expanded their ability to be sustainable and they were able to bring business discipline into the running of government.”

Sowunmi further said the totality of the past antecedents of Abubakar, together with the fact that he was in the civil service, being a former vice president, a consummate author and is interested in restructuring, there is no better candidate to govern the country now than Abubakar.

But Amaechi said the privatisation carried out by the PDP was not for the benefit of the public.

Amaechi, who was not on the debate panel, raised up his hands to ask questions from Sowunmi.

He alleged the Atiku-Obasanjo presidency led a privatisation of Nigeria’s assets to their cronies.

“The first question is that they privatised, to who? Who did they privatise to? To themselves, and they are coming back. Then I was a young man, I didn’t have money to buy.

“Question number two, let me thank the woman who said power had improved. Under them, with $16 billion, we had 3,000 megawatts of power, now we have 7,000.

“Three, and finally, on railways, we all go to Kaduna. We are talking about railway, who has the railway? Our government right?” Amaechi asked.

Sowunmi shot back at Amaechi.

“An eight-year governor of a state in PDP comes to public space, riding on the alleged integrity of just president Muhammadu Buhari, and speaking trash to the people, what exactly is this?

“Now, we had assumed we had signed up to an issue-based campaign and, we just want to beg the operators of this present government to stick to the issues.

“We speak about opening up the economy to make sure that those who have the competencies to drive growth must be given the enabling environment to create value, and our people can plug in.”

Regardless, Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, gave a damning verdict on the nation, when she said the country is on the precipice.

Ezekwesili, a former minister of Education, said: “Our country needs to be rescued. I don’t want to be president of Nigeria because there is an office to occupy. I really want to lead a process of rescuing our country from the precipice in which it finds itself.”

Ezekwesili further added that, “when one looks at the fact that the situation of things in the country are not going to get any better because the nation is trapped in bad economic policies, which means that the nation won’t grow as much as it needed to, then, rescuing the nation is a must.”

Others at the event included former minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi; President of the Market Women Association of Nigeria, Mrs Felicia Sani; Chairman, DAAR Communications PLC, Raymond Dokpesi (jnr), the convener’s mother, who is also former First Lady of Edo State, Mrs Eki Igbinedion; among others.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) and Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) have fixed January 19, 2019, for the presidential election debate.

The vice-presidential debate will hold on December 14, 2018.

Buhari, former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, Donald Fuke, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, among others, are expected to participate at the presidential debate.

BON Chairman, Mr. John Momoh, announced the debates at a press conference in Abuja, yesterday.

He said the debates will be aired on all BON member radio and television stations across the country and also streamed live on social media platforms.

“The debates would hold at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, and will be broadcast live on all BON member radio and television stations across the country.

“The debates will also be streamed live on all mobile and social media platforms such as Youtube, Facebook, Twitter And Instagram, to give it a global coverage,” he said.

Momoh, who is also the Chairman/CEO of Channels Media Group, added that the debates will focus on the issues that matter most to working families; restoring our economy, providing electricity, creating jobs, securing health care for every Nigerian, making and achieving excellence in every Nigerian school and ensuring safety and security for Nigerians.

He said the NEDG will also set the formats and rules of the debate.

READ ALSO: Of national conversations, presidential debates and big ideas
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