Persons with Disability have pledge to support the People’s Democratic Party ( PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the February 25 presidential election.
The National Coordinator of the Atiku-Okowa Campaign Council, for People with disabilities, Senator Hayatu Bello Gwarzo, said persons with disability across the country decided to align with Atiku, because he has given them a sense of belonging.
Gwarzo, who stated at the People With Disability North Central Town Hall meeting, on Saturday, in Abuja, said Atiku has promised them 5 percent representation, if he wins the presidential poll. Consequently, he explained that persons with disability will reciprocate the PDP candidate’s kind gestures by voting massively for him in next Saturday’s presidential poll.
According to him, “by registration of clusters we have over 32 million people living with disability, only Atiku invited us, that we should join him and join hands to save Nigeria. We sat several times with him until a time he says he is going to form an independent campaign council for persons with disability, he celebrated the World Day for people with disability and that was the day he inaugurated this council.
“So, we are very much comfortable that he will have a winning figure. Atiku made a promise that he will carry us along in his government, in fact, he promised us 5% in his government, which is a lot. And is better to start than none and when we start as time goes on he may increase the number to 10% or even 15%.”
Gwarzo expressed optimism that Atiku will win the presidential poll with a wide margin, noting that the PDP candidate has the solution to the many problems confronting the country.
“We are expecting the president in waiting, Atiku Abubakar to win the 25 February election by a landslide margin, Atiku is a man of the people, is a man of integrity, is a man that is concerned with what is happening in the country, sincerely speaking we believe he has the solution to the problem Nigeria is facing,” he stated.
