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1. There is
time for every event under the sun. Time to
work and a time
to reap the fruits of one’s labour,
time to be reactive over issues and a time
to be proactive over situations, time
to destroy and a time to rebuild, time to
disagree and a time to agree and unite.
2. Today,
dear Compatriots, distinguished Colleagues,
gentlemen of the
Fourth Estate of the realm, I stand
before you to officially and publicly accept
with humility and avowed sense of
duty and commitment, my new appointment by
our
Consensus Aspirants as the
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE AMALGAMATED ATIKU
ABUBAKAR
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION.
3. My dear
brothers the former Director-Generals and
Coordinators of our
previous Presidential Campaign
Organizations; to be chosen out of eminently
qualified colleagues like you as the
Director-General of our new collective
project ATIKU ABUBAKAR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
ORGANIZATION is a tremendous honour which
underlines a level of confidence our
Principals and you, dear Colleagues
repose in me.
4. Such an
honour and endorsement as I have received
from you all, calls for reciprocity on my
part. To this end therefore, I pledge most
solemnly to carry the banner thrust upon me
with honour, dignity, fairness and
commitment,
whilst counting on your support
anchored in our usual spirit of teamwork.
5. From the
bottom of my heart, I most sincerely thank
all our four
Principals who approved my
appointment as Director-General without any
hesitation. The confidence and trust
you have in me can never be compromised.
6.
Furthermore, I want to commend all our
Principals in particular for
the paradigm shift they have
introduced into
Nigeria’s electioneering
campaign.
This new shift from dirty propaganda,
blackmail, thuggery and all sorts of
unwholesome and unethical conduct to a neat,
clean, rancourless and
thuggery-free intra-party
Presidential campaign is noteworthy. Our
Principals
deserve commendation for
demonstrating a high sense of patriotism,
honour,
integrity and selfless service as
their avowed and clear support and
commitment to the Consensus Project,
showcase them as paragons of democratic
virtue. Surely
their names will be written in gold
in Nigeria’s Political Leaders Hall of Fame
when the time comes.
7. My dear
Colleagues, we have reached the end of one
project and on the
threshold of our ultimate objective
in this our collective action. It is a fact
that we have aggregated our
resources–both human and material, we should
now
move a step forward with one accord
to achieve the objective of the consensus
candidate project by delivering our
Principal first as the CANDIDATE of the PDP
during the Party convention, and
subsequently, the PRESIDENT of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria come April 2011
elections.
8. The way
to achieve our goal is simple and straight
forward. Foremost
is that we must sell the sterling
qualities of our candidate to the people of
this great nation with verifiable
facts of his track records in the public and
private arena. We must brace up for the
challenges ahead, including all sorts of
unwholesome propaganda-stints and
blackmail, which our opponents will soon
unleash against our Consensus
Candidate. Therefore, we must be ready to
counter
instantaneously, every negative
publicity put forward by our political
detractors against our candidate, the
political
Generalissimo
– ATIKU ABUBAKAR.
9.
Distinguished audience, fellow
Colleagues-Nigeria is a nation of
acclaimed political maturity,
irrespective of what detractors may claim.
This
means that our people know the truth
when they hear and see it. Now, the truth
that Nigerians should hear and see is that
our Principal- ATIKU ABUBAKAR, THE
MAN OF THE MOMENT, is the best
candidate for the Presidency of this nation
at
this time.
10
He is certainly one of the remaining people
oriented, grass root
democratic politicians, and on
record, the most maliciously investigated
political
leader
in history alive today; yet his integrity
and honour remain
unscathed. More importantly, he acquitted
himself creditably as a public
Servant, and
excelled as the Vice President of this
country. What remains for
him today is
the crown of glory and honour that is due to
those who have paid
their dues as is done in many nations of the
world.
11. Distinguished
colleagues and audience; most of us were
living witnesses as to what our Consensus
Candidate passed through as the number two
man of this
nation just for defending our nascent
democratic experiment from
degenerating into an autocratic regime. He
suffered tremendously for his
insistence on
the rule of law and respect for the spirit
and letters of our
constitution.
12. I conclude this
address by thanking all of you here gathered
for the
individual and
collective roles you played to keep our
collective project in the
orbit and to re-emphasize that our Consensus
Candidate has paid his dues and can
therefore MAKE
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN AS BETTER DEY COME FOR
NIGERIA. He remains a
great Patriot,
the conscience of our democracy and an
unequalled political
bridge builder
across the nation with solid vertical and
horizontal political
contacts and connections.
Thank you for your attention and God bless.
LONG LIVE THE MAN OF THE MOMENT – ATIKU
ABUBAKAR
LONG LIVE OUR GREAT PARTY – PDP
LONG LIVE THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC
OF NIGERIA
IT SHALL BE WELL WITH US AND OUR DEAR
COUNTRY NIGERIA.
Signed:
HIGH CHIEF, SENATOR (DR) BEN NDI OBI
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NEW POSTINGS AT THE ATIKU ABUBAKAR
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION
S/N NAME
DESIGNATION
ZONE
1.
CHRIS MAMAH
DDG
Media
SS
2.
BASHIR YUSUF IBRAHIM
DDG
Operations
NW
3.
SHEHU GABAM
DDG Contact &
Mobilization
NE
4.
UDENTA UDENTA
DDG
Special
Duties
SE
5.
DR. IBRAHIM LAME
ADG
Operations
NE
6.
DR. ANDY OKOLI
ADG Admin &
Finance
SE
7.
SEGUN BABATOPE
ADG
Media
SW
8.
PROF. SAM OYOVBAIRE
ADG Special
Duties
SS
9.
GOV. SHABA LAFIAGI
ADG Contact &
Mobilization
NC
10. MRS. ADIKU BAKARE
Director, Women Affairs
Signed
Senator Ben Obi
Director-General
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