Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s support group, operating under the aegis of Vision For A Better, Progressive and United Nigeria, is to begin a nationwide sensitization tour to garner support for him. The tour expected to hit all sections of the country has been formally flagged off.

Addressing the media in Abuja,the National President and Secretary of the group, Comrade Peter Chinedu Akubuo and Alhaji Mustapha Zanna Gambo, explained that the decision was taken to sensitize Nigerians on the benefits of electing Atiku as Nigeria’s President come 2023.

They noted that apart from the tour, which is billed to take off in July, the group has also been mobilizing eligible Nigerians for the ongoing voters registration to ensure that they participate in the coming general election.

Vanguard reports that the group issued a statement at the end of the media parley, which contains their intension to douse growing political and religious sentiments promoted by politicians and political parties, which is intended to pitch the electorate against objectivity.

The statement read in part, “we have decided to embark on the nationwide sensitization tour to tell Nigerians who the former Vice President and the PDP presidential candidate, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar is and what his presidency will mean for Nigeria and Nigerians. We will also take advantage of the tour to correct the false narratives promoted by mischievous politicians against the former Vice President.

“It won’t be easy as it will be capital intensive and challenging considering the security situation across the country, but we are committed and ready to go any length to ensure that the right person is elected as President in 2023”.

It continued , “our choice of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar cuts across party and religious sentiments, it is borne out of the current reality that Nigeria needs an experienced and strong willed President to navigate it at this trying period and among the lot seeking the office of the President in 2023, Atiku stands out as the most qualified and suitable.

“We will be taking the sensitization to all the headquarters of the 774 Local Government Areas in the country and the message will be simple, let’s support Atiku as the best alternative for the country. The media as a critical partner will be carried along in the tour and it will be issue based and purposeful”.