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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential aspirant, Alh. Atiku Abubakar
made a $100, 000 donations to support a Nigerian female patient suffering from
cancer of the blood, it was revealed yesterday.
The Director, Atiku Media Organisation, Alh. Garba Shehu disclosed this during a media chat organised at the Nigeria Union Journalist (NUJ) Secretariat in Abuja.
Shehu said the victim who was found on the facebook social media got the aid and was operated in an Egyptian hospital.
According to him, the gesture was only a bit of philanthropic gesture of the former Vice President.
Shehu stated that the presidential aspirant did not utilise
the situations as campaign strategy but rather kept the activities away from public
notice.
"Atiku supported a Nigerian girl suffering from cancer of the blood in Egyptian hospital with $100, 000 out of the $180, 000 needed for the operation. He did not know the person. He just sighted her on the social media, facebook and they made the balance of $80, 000.
"Atiku supported a Nigerian girl suffering from cancer of the blood in Egyptian hospital with $100, 000 out of the $180, 000 needed for the operation. He did not know the person. He just sighted her on the social media, facebook and they made the balance of $80, 000.
"These things are coming from his heart but he does not
want it out. We in the media team have a duty to protect his integrity. He can
make capital out of it politically because that's what others are doing but he
does not want to talk about his philanthropy," he said.
Speaking on consensus, he said the APC was different from the ruling party in terms of promoting internal democracy.
However, he added that Atiku would be willing to support anyone who eventually emerges as the party flag bearer.
"In APC, they want to do something different from the PDP. There is a process for the emergence of candidate through consensus and Atiku is in support of this. So this country has been headed by people who have no focus but we want to do things differently," he stated.
He told the gathering Atiku did not believe in god-fatherism except for the voters.
He said it was a democratic norm for every individual to contest in a free and fair election.
However, Shehu added that Atiku has been on the move to woo voters that matters. He expressed hope the 2015 general election will be fruitful.
Speaking on consensus, he said the APC was different from the ruling party in terms of promoting internal democracy.
However, he added that Atiku would be willing to support anyone who eventually emerges as the party flag bearer.
"In APC, they want to do something different from the PDP. There is a process for the emergence of candidate through consensus and Atiku is in support of this. So this country has been headed by people who have no focus but we want to do things differently," he stated.
He told the gathering Atiku did not believe in god-fatherism except for the voters.
He said it was a democratic norm for every individual to contest in a free and fair election.
However, Shehu added that Atiku has been on the move to woo voters that matters. He expressed hope the 2015 general election will be fruitful.
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