In a broad sense, Atiku is the most ready and capable for the job of piloting the affairs of our dear country. Nigeria has been degraded to the extent that children born in the country regret why God created them as Nigerians. In fact, even the grown-ups are tired of this country.

With the present condition in our country, one can observe that the Nigeria in us as Nigerians had died; the current administration killed it. The leaders who value cows than human beings, the leaders with sentiment, the leaders who made lopsided appointments, the leaders who ruled against their promise have succeeded in killing the Nigeria in us.

We need someone who had flourished in education, business and who has the full command of the economy to get Nigeria working again. Nigeria needs to be reenergized and revived back to life.

The All Progressive Congress (APC)-led Federal Government is a complete deceit, they have practically reduced Nigeria to the poverty capital of the world. APC thrived on acute propaganda and their strident accusations about the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s manifest misgovernance helped them into power in 2015. But since then, it has been three and half years of blame game and lampooning past governments including that of Lord Leonard! They rationalise their failures for these three and half years while denying their campaign promises. Nigerians have seen enough and cannot continue like this. Power belongs to God and not to man and that’s why we must call on the Almighty to change the change.

I had already started my fasting and prayers unto God this festive period to remove President Muhammadu Buhari and install Atiku Abubakar as our President come 2019. This means that I won’t be celebrating this Xmas festivity. Yes! I have to deny myself foods, drinks, gifts and all the merriments therein as I will be praying on the mountain to get Nigeria working again through Atiku and his running mate, Mr Peter Obi.

This sacrifice is to express to my God the anger in the heart of over 40 million Nigerians who lost their source of livelihood in the course of this administration, the pain and sorrows that befell Benue, Plateau states and, indeed, our country Nigeria and our military which have been bearing the brunt of this government's insensitivity.

I can recall the words of a keen observer of our fractured polity who lamented on Jun 27 2018, saying: “Seeing the photo of a slain kid in Barkin Lardi, Plateau State, of a kid obviously less than three years with deep gashes in the face, left a gash in my soul, a gash in my heart, and a gash in the human essence, a gash only truth can heal.”

And this left such a deep cut in my heart obviously deeper than what any emotional man can hold. All these motivated my sacrifice with the belief that there is nothing to celebrate in this administration. My fasting and prayers started on December 24 to the 31 of the month or as the spirit directs.

Oh God, can this my humble sacrifice be enough to save Nigeria soul, for me to fast and be on the mountain on the day of remembering your birth is to pray for the greatness of this nation, please Lord hear my prayers, forgive us our sins, since we fail to understand that history is bold and brainy and learned teacher of the wise. Forgive us our mistake in 2015, we’re ready to correct it this time.

What Nigerians need now is a leader that can tackle the issue of insecurity, a leader that can create Jobs for our youths, leader that can provide quality health care, a leader that can industrialise the nation, who can provide quality network roads, who can unite the nation, who can impact positively in the people (especially women and youths), who can care for workers welfare, a leader that can bring up policy that can boost our economy.

And Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is the answer, the combination of Atiku and Obi is the best flavor Nigeria needs for survival mostly now to get this country back to life.

The soul of this country should be placed above anyone's shoulder, the country is at crossroads and we have to get back to those days we buy a bag of rice at N7,500, cement N1,300, etc. This administration has to admit the fact that they have failed and humbly resign and not to take us to what they call Next Level of poverty.

Everything about this administration is based on deceit. Before 2015, Muhammadu Buhari was busy wearing Igbo dress and Yoruba dress and when he clinched the seat of power, we didn’t see any sign of that in his appointments and now he is doing same again to deceive the people. Please Nigerians, do ask questions, when they tell you #NEXTLEVEL, ask them to finish with the first level which is their campaign promises in 2015 or are they moving to next level when over 40 million Nigerians lost their jobs in their last three and a half years in office. Nigeria being named the poverty capital of the world, is this what they actually mean? Next level of poverty? We need to be clarified because it’s their inability to explain what they mean by their mantra “CHANGE” that put us here today.

We must express our grievances come 2019.

Dear Nigerians, the decision we took in 2015 is why we’re here today, and we can’t hope to see the worst again, so our today was from our yesterday and our tomorrow is in our today. Our decision in 2019 will determine the future of our children born and unborn. Let’s not take decisions that will further enslave them, and put them in bondage and loss of lives.

Vote the Answer!!!

Let’s vote Atiku and Obi come 2019 to get Nigeria working again.

•Comr. Nwokwu Daniel C is Ebonyi State Chairman, Atiku Homegrown Development Initiative (A-HDI).

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