THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday congratulated and prayed for President Muhammadu Buhari on his 76th birthday with an advise that the only birthday gift he could offer Nigerians was to allow for a credible election come 2019 to enable Nigerians to vote for its Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who undertook the nation’s multifarious challenges much better .
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbodiyan.
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According to the Party, “in all, the best gift President Buhari can give Nigerians is, having openly agreed that he lacks the capacity to manage our economy, to allow a credible election to enable Nigerians to vote our Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who understands the nuances of our national challenges and who has a blueprint for economic recovery, to come and turn things around for all our people, while he withdraws to Daura for a well-deserved rest.”
It pointed that at “the age of 76, President Buhari has attained a father-figure position and should do everything to respect the aspirations and will of the Nigerian people on all issues, particularly as the nation heads to the 2019 general elections.
It urged President Buhari “to leave a lasting legacy by doing all within his powers to ensure that the nation he leads knows peace; to ensure that rules are obeyed and that the sensibilities of the people, in our diversities, are fully respected.”
According to the Party, “in this regard, the 2019 general elections place a heavy responsibility on the shoulders of President Buhari to guarantee peaceful, credible, free and fair elections, particularly, the Presidential election, by ensuring that all electoral laws and rules are obeyed; that opposition members are not molested; that the amendment to the Electoral Act is signed; as well as to declare like his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan did in 2015, that his 2019 re-election ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian.
“If President Buhari looks at the state of the nation today, he will discover, and we believe he is aware, that the situation has become horrendous for the average Nigerian.
It then urged President Buhari “to use this occasion to reflect on his administration and do all to ensure that posterity does not remember him for violation of human rights, suppression of opposition and dissenting voices; disobedience to court orders, nepotism and divisiveness; escalation of violence, bloodletting and concealment of corruption under his administration.
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