Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday remarked that the collapse of Nigeria’s power grid is a metaphor for the collapsing state of Nigeria as a nation.
Atiku, a former vice president, made the remark in a Facebook post following the latest grid collapse, which has left parts of the country in darkness.
According to him, the grid collapse is a metaphor for the collapsing security, economy, education, well being and value of human lives.
“The darkness that has enveloped the nation in the last couple of days with the collapse of the national grid is a metaphor for the collapsing state of our nation: collapsing unity, collapsing security, collapsing economy, collapsing education, collapsing well-being and collapsing value of human life and dignity,” Atiku said.
“My expectation is that Nigerians will collapse the ruling APC in kind via the ballot and enthrone a viable pathway for the New Nigeria of our dreams that will be united and stable, prosperous and awash with opportunities; secured and inclusive. As One, we can get it done.”