Politics

2023 Presidency: Atiku Speaks On Relationship With Obasanjo

Published

4 November 2022

6:33 AM

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said his relationship with former President Olusegun Obasanjo is cordial.

Naija News reports that Atiku stated this during a special interview with the Voice of America (VOA) during a visit to Washington.

The former Vice President said his feud with his erstwhile boss had been settled, adding that Obasanjo supported his bid for the Presidency in 20215.

Atiku, however, said his disagreements with the former President back then when they were in office is one of the factors that led to his loss in the race for the presidency in 2011.

This news platform recalls that Obasanjo and Atiku Atiku held the positions of President and Vice President between 1999-2007.

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On the issue of Nigerian oil refineries, Atiku said that if he becomes president, he will sell all Nigerian oil refineries to businessmen because the facilities would be better managed.

The PDP presidential candidate added that private investors have the capacity to overhaul the refineries and make them functional at all times.

He said, “My position on this is not new. I have told you some years ago that I will privatise them. The reason is simple. If you allow investors to own them, they’d be better managed.”

Regarding the problem of oil theft in southern Nigeria, Atiku said he would use his power as a president to deal with the problem.

He said: “This is a different problem, we need to figure out how we can use government influence to stop it because there is real cooperation from the NNPC workers and the security agencies that have been given the right to look after the roads or Oil pipelines are being laid.”