The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to practice what it advocates by adopting the “Nigeria first” ideals, rather than focusing on self-interest.
Atiku’s response followed a post by Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication and Orientation, Sunday Dare, on X, where the presidential spokesperson dismissed a gathering of opposition politicians and dissenting figures within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a politically driven manoeuvre fueled by Machiavellian motives.
Dare asserted that Tinubu remained “undistracted and unperturbed” by the meeting, describing future political contests as a “combat” and a “fight” leading up to the 2027 elections.
The former Vice President, in a statement issued by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, on Sunday, urged the government to focus on uniting and healing the nation and to avoid making thoughtless comments about other countries or questioning the patriotism of Nigerians.
He stated, “That aside, it is a contradiction in terms that the Tinubu administration, which came into power on the philosophy of self-right to rule, will mock Nigerians on matters of patriotism.
“We urge government to practice what it preaches by embracing the Nigeria First ideals in replacement to the self-entitled and other primordial sentiments it panders to.
“Nigeria has gone through all kinds of class, ethnic, and religious divisions since the advent of the Tinubu administration.
