Adamawa State Commissioner for Works and Energy, Adamu Atiku Abubakar said that his father will contest the presidential election in 2023.
Adamu Atiku-Abubakar, who is the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said his father will contest the presidency again in 2023, saying that there was nothing wrong with that.
He stated this in Yola while presenting the scorecard of his ministry as the Commissioner for Works and Energy in Adamawa State.
He said, “Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with my father contesting for the presidency. In 2023, my father will be aspiring to the number one office in the land because he has been an astute, strategic, master politician for almost four decades.”
According to him, the administration of Governor Ahmadu Finitiri, of the Peoples Democratic Party which clocked one year has been tremendous with achievements.
He added that Fintiri’s administration had surpassed the expectations of many in the state who were surprised that given the tight liquidity constraints, Fintiri could still meet most of its campaign promises to the electorate.”
Adamu said he came into politics late on the advice of his father who urged him to spend more time in the private sector to gain enough experience, whic Ih would be crucial for him in public life.
I am basically here to serve my people; if I am called by the people back home to run for the Senate, I don’t see anything wrong with that.”
