Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Nigerians on the celebration of the country’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary, assuring that the nation will rise again.
The former vice president said this in a statement issued by his Media Office on Friday in Abuja, to celebrate the 2022 Independence anniversary.
Abubakar said that the celebration of Nigeria’s Independence Day is an event that should reawaken citizens’ consciousness towards the consolidation of unity amongst the diverse people of the country.
The PDP presidential candidate said that Nigeria had come a long way after independence 62 years ago, passing through different phases of challenges.
“The democracy that we have is the requisite antidote to the current challenges that we face.