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Nigeria – Atiku Rejoins PDP

Nigeria – Atiku Rejoins PDP Nigeria's former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, announced on December 3rd that he had rejoined the country's main opposition party, the latest sign he aims to run for the presidency in 2019.In a live video broadcast on his Facebook page, Abubakar said he was again joining the People's Democratic Party (PDP) because the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) had failed to deliver on its promises since coming to power in 2015.It is not the first time Abubakar has switched his political allegiances; he previously quit the PDP to help create the APC in 2014, at the time citing the former party's failures in government.Abubakar, who served as deputy to president Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007, has sought the country's top job for three different parties in elections dating back to 1993.“In the last two years almost three million Nigerians have lost their jobs,” he said in the Facebook video, a format he said he chose to show he would prioritise the young.“We need a strong economy, it's that we are lacking,” he added.Nigeria is due to hold elections on February 16th, 2019.Although Abubakar has not yet declared his candidacy, analysts expect he will challenge President Muhammadu Buhari for the presidency. (© AFP 3/12 2017) Atiku leaves APC p. 21646C http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2018.08024.x
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Nigeria's former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, announced on December 3rd that he had rejoined the country's main opposition party, the latest sign he aims to run for the presidency in 2019.In a live video broadcast on his Facebook page, Abubakar said he was again joining the People's Democratic Party (PDP) because the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) had failed to deliver on its promises since coming to power in 2015.It is not the first time Abubakar has switched his political allegiances; he previously quit the PDP to help create the APC in 2014, at the time citing the former party's failures in government.Abubakar, who served as deputy to president Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007, has sought the country's top job for three different parties in elections dating back to 1993.“In the last two years almost three million Nigerians have lost their jobs,” he said in the Facebook video, a format he said he chose to show he would prioritise the young.“We need a strong economy, it's that we are lacking,” he added.Nigeria is due to hold elections on February 16th, 2019.Although Abubakar has not yet declared his candidacy, analysts expect he will challenge President Muhammadu Buhari for the presidency. (© AFP 3/12 2017) Atiku leaves APC p. 21646C

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 2018

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