Atiku, who, in a statement in Abuja, described 2019 as an unsuccessful year, said Nigerians faced increased insecurity, rising unemployment and economic hardship in the year. The PDP was in power from 1999 to 2015, when it was defeated by the APC. Atiku stated that Nigerians must challenge the inadequacies that made the country became the global headquarters of extreme poverty. 2019, worst year for Nigeria’s democracy – PDPOn his part, the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, said 2019 remained the worst year for democracy in Nigeria. Buhari has achieved a lot after 16 years of PDP’s failure – APCBut the APC dismissed PDP and Atiku’s criticisms.

Source: Punch December 31, 2019 23:37 UTC