If elected president in 2023, Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, has promised to name and shame oil thieves in the country.
This pledge was made by Atiku Abubakar on Saturday during an interactive session with the Business Dialogue Stakeholders Forum at the Eko hotel in Lagos. Atiku attended the session alongside his running mate, Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
The PDP presidential candidate also promised to seize any oil blocks assigned to Nigerians who have yet to put them into operation.
“If you are not going to develop oil blocs given to you, we will take it away and give it to those who will develop it.” he stated, adding that We will also assemble the names of those involved in oil theft, publish same and prosecute them.”
He reiterated his resolve to privatising the refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt, and Warri in order to boost production.
The Chairman and Director General of the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign team, governors Udom Emmanuel and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Akwa Ibom and Sokoto states, respectively, spoke at the gathering and asked stakeholders to support their presidential flagbearer, for a better Nigeria.