ATIKU: THE UNFINISHED MISSION AND THE REDEMPTION OF A NATION IN DISTRESS.

There are moments in history when silence becomes treachery, when neutrality becomes complicity, and when the soul of a nation cries out for redemption. Nigeria has reached that defining moment. The air is thick with despair, the streets echo with hunger, and the hearts of her citizens throb with disappointment. The people no longer dream; they endure. The promise of greatness has been turned into a dirge of survival.

But amid the ruins of broken promises, one voice still rises , clear, courageous, and compassionate , the voice of Atiku Abubakar.

The Nigerian tragedy is not of fate but of failed leadership. The promise that once made our nation the pride of Africa has been betrayed by impostors who mistake governance for gambling and policy for propaganda. They have turned the State into a bazaar, leadership into theatrics, and the national treasury into personal loot. Nigeria, under these jesters of incompetence, has become a theatre of organised chaos.

Yet, hope is not dead. The resurrection of that hope lies in the calm, confident, and compassionate leadership of Atiku Abubakar.

Atiku is not a politician by convenience; he is a statesman by conviction. He has walked through the furnace of Nigeria’s contradictions and emerged refined, not bitter. His strength is not in noise but in knowledge, not in populist deception but in tested vision.

He understands Nigeria ,not as a map, but as a mosaic of humanity, aspiration, and resilience. He knows the pains of the farmer in Adamawa, the despair of the trader in Onitsha, the frustration of the artisan in Lagos, and the forgotten dreams of the civil servant in Ilorin. He does not speak at Nigerians; he speaks for them.

As Immanuel Kant wrote, “Science is organised knowledge; wisdom is organised life.” Atiku represents both. He possesses the science of governance and the wisdom of human compassion. He is the custodian of ideas that work , and the bearer of a heart that feels.

He stands today as Nigeria’s bridge from despondency to deliverance; the man who has studied the anatomy of our failures and designed the architecture of our rebirth.

THE FIVE TESTAMENTS OF ATIKU’S RENAISSANCE:

  1. Job Creation and Economic Empowerment: Atiku envisions Nigeria where no youth wanders helplessly in the desert of unemployment, where creativity finds capital, and labour finds dignity.
  2. Industrial Growth and Infrastructure: His administration will not recycle excuses but build industries that employ, roads that connect, and systems that deliver.
  3. Agricultural Revolution: Atiku knows the soil of Nigeria still holds gold. Through mechanisation and agro-reform, our farmers will feed not only the nation but the continent.
  4. National Unity and Inclusion: He will heal the fractures of ethnicity and religion, replacing suspicion with solidarity and diversity with dignity.
  5. Education and Human Capital Development: He will restore our classrooms from decay to destiny, equipping the next generation not merely with certificates, but with capacity.

The moral philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau once declared,

“The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right and obedience into duty.”

That is Atiku’s philosophy , leadership not by force, but by faith; not by manipulation, but by merit.

Our nation is sick, and only a physician of experience can heal her. Nigeria is fractured, and only a builder of bridges can unite her. Nigeria is weary, and only a leader of vision can awaken her.

Atiku is that physician, that builder, that leader.

He does not see 2027 as an election; he sees it as a covenant , a covenant to restore justice, rebuild hope, and renew the broken trust between the people and their government.

To the youths, he says: Your tomorrow begins today.

To the workers, he says: Your sweat will count again.

To the farmers, he says: The land will yield in gratitude.

To the nation, he says: Nigeria shall rise again.

As Thomas Paine thundered in 1776, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” Our generation must choose between submission to decay or resistance through destiny. We can no longer afford the luxury of apathy. Every nation that rises from ruin does so on the shoulders of men and women who refuse to surrender to despair.

Atiku Abubakar stands as that symbol of refusal , the refusal to let Nigeria die in the hands of those who do not understand her worth.

To stand with Atiku in 2027 is not a partisan act; it is a patriotic duty. It is not about the colour of a party flag; it is about the rebirth of a nation.

History, once again, calls us. The name it calls is Atiku Abubakar.

Let those who have ears, listen. 

Let those who have hearts, rise.

For when the dust settles, the verdict of history will not ask where you stood in 2023 , it will ask whether you stood for Nigeria in 2027.

Aare Amerijoye DOT.B
Director General, 
The Narrative Force

Aare Amerijoye Donald Olalekan Temitope Bowofade (DOT.B) is a Nigerian political strategist, public intellectual, and writer. He serves as the Director-General of The Narrative Force (TNF), a strategic communication and political-education organisation committed to shaping ideas, narratives, and democratic consciousness in Nigeria.An indigene of Ekiti State, he was born in Osogbo, then Oyo State, now Osun State, and currently resides in Ekiti State. His political and civic engagement spans several decades. In the 1990s, he was actively involved in Nigeria’s human-rights and pro-democracy struggles, participating in organisations such as Human Rights Africa and the Nigerianity Movement among many others, where he worked under the leadership of Dr. Tunji Abayomi during the nation’s fight for democratic restoration.Between 2000 and 2002, he served as Assistant Organising Secretary of Ekiti Progressives and the Femi Falana Front, under Barrister Femi Falana (SAN), playing a key role in grassroots mobilisation, civic education, and progressive political advocacy.He has since served in government and party politics in various capacities, including Senior Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Political Matters and Inter-Party Relations, Secretary to the Local Government, and Special Assistant on Youth Mobilisation and Strategy. At the national level, he has been a member of various nationally constituted party and electoral committees, including the PDP Presidential Campaign Council Security Committee (2022) and the Ondo State 2024 election committee.Currently, he is a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and serves as Secretary of the Ekiti State ADC Strategic Committee, where he plays a central role in party structuring, strategy, and grassroots coordination.Aare Amerijoye writes extensively on governance, leadership ethics, party politics, and national renewal. His essays and commentaries have been published in Nigerian Tribune, Punch, The Guardian, THISDAY, TheCable, and leading digital platforms. His work blends philosophical depth with strategic clarity, advancing principled politics anchored on truth, justice, and moral courage.

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