Atiku immediately fired back, by saying Tinubu had been out of the country most of the time for undisclosed reasons.

Neither of the men has yet declared if he will run to replace outgoing leader Liz Truss.

The governors have so far failed to attend any of the rallies of the PDP since the campaign flag-off in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

The PDP presidential candidate said he was in the race to restore, rescue, rebuild and reset Nigeria.

The strategy is aimed at mobilising 16 million Northern votes for Tinubu in the 2023 elections.

He also promised to implement policies to attract investment in deepwater assets within six months.

She said the PDP will also provide free uniforms for children in the State.

The campaign rally will be the third in the series after the flag-off in Uyo Akwa Ibom State and in Kaduna.

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In June, the APC Campaign Organisation distanced itself from a manifesto that had gone viral.

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“The exploitation of ethnic and religious fault lines is extremely dangerous, and the nation is already showing signs of stress.”

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Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt, who was appointed omafter Truss sacked her close ally Kwasi Kwarteng, jettisoned the remaining major planks of her tax-cutting agenda.

He said Nigerians cannot afford to vote for the All Progressives Congress again in 2023 because they have failed.

According to him, the problem of Nigeria is not lack of ideas, but institutional weakness and lack of political will.

Besides security, he also said economy, power, education and industrialisation would be given top priority.