Post by Enter Nations on Jan 25, 2018 12:10:24 GMT
Youths from the 19 Northern states under the aegis of Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) have thrown their weight behind former President Olusegun Obasanjo, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari not to re-contest in 2019.
The youth said the President has failed to solve the country’s problems. AYF National President, Comrade Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, said: “We had earlier urged Buhari not to seek another term in 2019 owing to the fact that he was yet to fulfill his 2015 campaign promises to Nigerians.”
Obasanjo had, in a special statement titled, “The way out: A clarion call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement,” on Tuesday, said Buhari has already given his best and should consider a deserved rest instead of running for Presidency again.
The former president advised the president not to over-push his luck or over-tax the patience and tolerance of Nigerians “no matter what his self-serving, so-called advisers, who would claim that they love him more than God loves him, would say.” Speaking on Buhari’s government, Gujungu said: “We are in line with what former President Obasanjo said.
President Buhari should give way since he cannot fix the country and allow others with the capacity to do so to come in. “What former President Obasanjo has done is very good for democracy. Before now, some people believed that President Buhari is the all in all, nobody can tell him the truth.
But I believe if people like me, former Speaker Ghali Na’Abba and even now former President Obasanjo and others have been talking and telling him the truth, even those in government if they are sincere, know this government is not working and things are going wrong. “We hope this will wake them up to do more in the remaining years or, in the alternative, anoint someone to take over from him, because if you ask me, I would say he should not contest.” He said Buhari is prosecuting a lopsided war against corruption, adding that the president cannot claim to be fighting corruption when his ‘cabals’ were allegedly enmeshed in the act.
“Two weeks ago, we issued a statement and told the president not to contest the 2019 election because he is yet to fulfill his 2015 election campaign promises. We are not in support of how he is fighting corruption in the country.
Imagine what is going on even within the socalled ‘cabals’ where issues bothering on corruption are dangling over their heads,” AYF said. Also, Second Republic member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Junaid Muhammed, has called on Buhari not to contest the presidential election in 2019 in the overall interest of the country.
The Kano-born politician said Buhari has performed badly and his health will impede his performance as president. He told New Telegraph that there is no reason whatsoever that Nigerians should vote for the president in 2019, adding that it was wrong for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and the President himself to be talking of re-election.
Source newtelegraphonline
The youth said the President has failed to solve the country’s problems. AYF National President, Comrade Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, said: “We had earlier urged Buhari not to seek another term in 2019 owing to the fact that he was yet to fulfill his 2015 campaign promises to Nigerians.”
Obasanjo had, in a special statement titled, “The way out: A clarion call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement,” on Tuesday, said Buhari has already given his best and should consider a deserved rest instead of running for Presidency again.
The former president advised the president not to over-push his luck or over-tax the patience and tolerance of Nigerians “no matter what his self-serving, so-called advisers, who would claim that they love him more than God loves him, would say.” Speaking on Buhari’s government, Gujungu said: “We are in line with what former President Obasanjo said.
President Buhari should give way since he cannot fix the country and allow others with the capacity to do so to come in. “What former President Obasanjo has done is very good for democracy. Before now, some people believed that President Buhari is the all in all, nobody can tell him the truth.
But I believe if people like me, former Speaker Ghali Na’Abba and even now former President Obasanjo and others have been talking and telling him the truth, even those in government if they are sincere, know this government is not working and things are going wrong. “We hope this will wake them up to do more in the remaining years or, in the alternative, anoint someone to take over from him, because if you ask me, I would say he should not contest.” He said Buhari is prosecuting a lopsided war against corruption, adding that the president cannot claim to be fighting corruption when his ‘cabals’ were allegedly enmeshed in the act.
“Two weeks ago, we issued a statement and told the president not to contest the 2019 election because he is yet to fulfill his 2015 election campaign promises. We are not in support of how he is fighting corruption in the country.
Imagine what is going on even within the socalled ‘cabals’ where issues bothering on corruption are dangling over their heads,” AYF said. Also, Second Republic member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Junaid Muhammed, has called on Buhari not to contest the presidential election in 2019 in the overall interest of the country.
The Kano-born politician said Buhari has performed badly and his health will impede his performance as president. He told New Telegraph that there is no reason whatsoever that Nigerians should vote for the president in 2019, adding that it was wrong for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and the President himself to be talking of re-election.
Source newtelegraphonline
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