Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 General Elections, Atiku Abubakar, has refused to bear the blame for the poverty level in his home state of Adamawa.
Atiku disagreed with the host of The Candidate, Kadaria Ahmed, saying, as one of the two main employers of labour in Adamawa State, he is not responsible for the perceived high poverty rate in the state.He said that an individual is incapable of ending poverty.
His running mate, Peter Obi, said that instead of being condemned, Atiku should be commended for being the only presidential candidate in Nigeria who had not only made a success of his own life, but he is also an employer of labour, apart from the Adamawa State Government.
The duo spoke at The Candidate, a political forum hosted by the NTA.