2019 election a walkover for Atiku, PDP – Shaibu

 The general elections has been described as a walk-over for the former vice President and Presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and other candidates of the party.

Mr Phrank Shaibu, a Public Communication expert and close associate of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar made the assertion while addressing members of the PDP Youth Leaders Organization in Abuja yesterday.

On the kind of campaigns to expect, he said “A large population of Nigerians have been taught new lessons on poor leadership and now have a better understanding of disinformation because they feel the reality of economic pains and hopelessness that have been thrust upon them in the past three years. Consequently, the campaign for 2019 presidential elections will be based on truth.

“Right now, the electorates have grown in knowledge of what choice will be best for them especially on their safety, real economic growth and equity. Nigerians will experience a new trend of issue based campaign. The two major contestants have been tested and their performance cum capacities to deliver well documented.

 “Already, we have a lot of decided voters especially given their sad experiences and difficulties in the past three years under a president that has ruled Nigeria twice with established antecedent of bringing upon the citizenry abject poverty. I believe the campaign focus will be on the few undecided voters. This category of persons when shown and educated on some hidden facts of maladministration especially on gross embezzlement, many shades of corruption, selective justice and deceits will reach early conclusions on which camp to give their mandate.”

“I should think the ruling party’s focus should be more on damage control to enable them offer seeming apologies to millions of Nigerians they have disappointed and the millions they have put in the labour market through their ill performance in government.

So, the issue of campaign promises will not hold water for the Buhari camp as their participation in this election is just for posterity to be subtle in judgment of failure,” he said

Shaibu expressed optimism that the Atiku’s policy document will sell the party to Nigerians in the 2019 general elections, which according to him will lead to a landslide victory for the party.

According to him, ‘’The cardinal principle of any good government or party is the manifesto. Atiku has a robust manifesto which Nigerians cannot resist. Only the PDP manifesto mentions what the party is going to do for the Nigerians.”
he said