FORMER Vice President and aspirant under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan on his recent election as president.

Atiku advised President Jonathan to set to work by making efforts to unite Nigeria, stating that he would be ready to work with him.

The Turakin Adamawa - Atiku also congratulated all elected state governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives and members of the states’ Houses of Assembly on the platform of the PDP.

Atiku said with the conclusion of this year’s general elections, all elected leaders should get to work to deliver the much-needed democratic dividends to Nigerians.

In a statement issued by his media office in Abuja, Atiku urged President Jonathan to use the opportunity of his election to unite the country.

On the post-election violence in some parts of the country, Atiku tasked President Jonathan to begin an urgent healing process throughout the country and also within the PDP.

Atiku also advised him to carry every section of the country along, regardless of how they may have voted during the elections.

“It is no longer news that President Jonathan and our camp differed on matters of principle. But let no one be in doubt about our resolve to work together with him in the task of economic development
and nation building,” Atiku said.