Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), says uniting Nigeria and eradicating poverty would be his topmost priorities if elected in the 25 February election.
Mr Adebayo made the disclosure on Monday when he paid homage at the palace of the Emir of Lafia, Sidi Bage-Muhammad I, in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
According to the SDP presidential candidate, Nigeria is blessed with so many resources that no citizen was supposed to be living in poverty.
He explained that 99 per cent of Nigerians “do not have N100, 000 in their savings account, signifying that they are living in poverty in the midst of plenty.
“The resources of this country are in the hands of just one per cent of the population and it should not be so.
“It cannot be allowed to continue, as such if I am elected as the president of the country, we will redistribute the resources to ensure that the majority of our people live above the poverty line,” he added.
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