Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has reiterated his position to privatise several capital projects in a bid to take the financial burden off the Federal Government.
Atiku stated this on Wednesday, during a meeting with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), in Lagos.
“If you see the amount of work the Government has to do in this country, such as building and rebuilding our ports, constructing our railway lines, building our highways – let me borrow Dokpesi’s word: It is a ‘humongous’ amount of money that you require. You know that the government doesn’t have it”, he said.
“I would rather concession most of this to the private sector and give them tax breaks. They invest, recover their money; and we will have development, progress, jobs, and prosperity”.
