Peoples Democratic chief, Atiku Abubakar, has said that the problems currently bedevilling Nigeria sometimes make him doubt if he should run for Presidency.
According to him, things have never been this bad for Nigeria in terms of security and poverty.
“I had never seen this country have so many challenges at the same time. So, sometimes, when I am on my bed, I begin to wonder whether to go for it (contest) or not, because the challenges are just too many. In my life, I have never seen Nigeria in such a bad situation.
“As far as the unity of this country is concerned, we are more divided. Even when we fought the Civil War, we were never as divided as this. We never have a breakdown of law and order like this because when we fought the Civil War, it was confined to a particular location, in every other place, there was peace.
“We never had this kind of poverty where even the farmer cannot go to farm the food to eat, not to talk of commercial farming. So, I have never seen this country so bad, and it is going to be a daunting task for anybody to come and turn things around,” he said.
He made this known when he received a group called ‘Let’s Fix Nigeria’ in his residence in Abuja.
He also noted that zoning was not in Nigeria’s Constitution, adding that leadership was not about age or tribe.
“Leadership is endowed by God. You can have a young man come and do better than an old man. So, it is an endowed attribute from God, therefore, we should try to look for such a person who has been endowed by God, who has those attributes and then give him leadership,” he said.
