{"id":774245,"date":"2019-12-31T15:22:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T15:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/31\/2019-not-a-good-year-for-nigerians\/"},"modified":"2019-12-31T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T15:22:14","slug":"2019-not-a-good-year-for-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/31\/2019-not-a-good-year-for-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"2019: Not A Good Year For Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Atiku Abubakar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has stated without mincing words that 2019 has not been a good year for Nigerians.<\/p>\n

Speaking via a statement that was made public by his media office, he went on to call on the federal government to promote\/implement policies that would enable a better living condition for Nigerians in 2020.<\/p>\n

Full statement below:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is incumbent on government at all levels to pursue policies that will provide decent housing to the mass majority; put food on the table; provide healthcare and education.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot continue to do things the same way and expect a different outcome. It is therefore high time we caused a rejig of economic policies that will promote an expansion of the economy and create jobs opportunities aplenty.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the individual level, this moment calls for more empathy and sacrifice. The New Year and a new decade come with the opportunity to make better impressions in our lives and in the lives of people around us.<\/p>\n

Read Also:\u00a0<\/strong>Atiku Commends Police, Soldiers For Foiling Bank Robbery In Abuja<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish to restate that our collective call for rule of law and our history about the struggle for democratic rule did not envisage a situation where judicial pronouncements would be worth less than the paper upon which they are rendered.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a bad advertisement for the country and its democracy if declarations made by the court are not respected without the executive arm of government agreeing to same.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not share the sentiment when some people claim that the outgone 2019 was a successful year for Nigerians. Such sentiments is reductionist and does the harm of making us have a false sense of victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

He called on Nigerians to challenge inadequacies, saying the country cannot\u201d afford to slumber and submit to defeat\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problems of extreme poverty and scant investments in education play huge roles in fueling the problems of violent extremism that we spent the past decade contending with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot win the fight against terrorism if we do nothing to reduce or eliminate poverty and illiteracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality of this new decade requires of us to re-calibrate our approaches and to pursue some tough choices. If failure is not an option, then we must let go of our egos and conveniences.\u201d<\/p>\n

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