2023: Atiku defends insistence to transfer some national assets to private sector if elected president
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has doubled down on his position to sell off some government assets to the private sector.
Speaking during the People’s Townhall, a live event organised by Channels Television and its partners on Sunday, Atiku insisted that selling the national asset is the best for the country’s economy.
Atiku said this when replying to a question on why he is fixated on selling public assets which other leaders built with taxpayers’ money.
“I am not fixated but I think that is best for the country. I mean, let’s be honest with ourselves, we have four refineries and they have seized functioning; I don’t know for how many years now and every year we budget money for overhauling the refineries that don’t work; please let’s give it to the private sector,” he said.