Atiku Abubakar spoke to party supporters in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State.
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has promised to revive Calabar port and spur economic growth in the South-South region of Nigeria.
During his campaign rally on Monday in Cross River State, at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar, Atiku outlined his vision for the future of the region, promising to build a railway line from Lagos to Port Harcourt through Calabar and connect the state with other regions. country through the road network update.
With this initiative, Atiku hopes to turn Calabar into a hub of commercial activity and bring prosperity to the people of Cross River State.
“If you open the port of Calabar it will create great business and important opportunities for the people of Cross River State. Another thing you should know is that the moment the port of Calabar is expanded and functional, it will be an attraction for factories and businesses and it will be for the benefit of the people of Cross River State.
“This is just one thing, the agricultural potential will multiply. So developing the port of Calabar will only be a huge opportunity for the people of Cross River and I promise, if you vote for PDP for president and governor, we will work with your governor, your legislators will implement this policy. has been grounded by APC.
“There is the issue of infrastructure development, firstly, the road network that connects you with neighboring countries and then the proposed railway line from Lagos through Calabar to Port Harcourt,” Atiku said.
Also speaking, PDP Campaign Council Chairman and Akwa-Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel assured the people of Cross River, what Atiku will do when elected.
He said: “Our color is PDP, our color is capacity, our color is human development, our color is prosperity, development and then poverty alleviation. I want to assure that the infrastructure in terms of road network in Atiku Abubakar will be well developed.
In a vague reference to the governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade, and others who defected from the PDP, the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, who also spoke at the campaign rally, said he would return.
“You have elected some great sons and daughters in PDP, unfortunately some of them have let you down. But wherever they go, they will go back home because the people of Cross River State will not join them.
“I want to ask you on the 25th of this month, choose one person who will unite this country, who will wipe your tears, who will make the Nigerian economy back to being the first and best economy in the continent.
“When we left office in 2015, Naira was exchanged at N180 to a dollar. How much naira is exchanged to a dollar today, N800 to a dollar? That brings poverty to you. When we left, we left a foreign debt of $9.6 billion. In seven years, APC increased its debt to $97 billion dollars.
“In other words, everyone standing here is in debt, and it affects the economy of this country because all the money we earn, we spend in debt,” he said.