The National Publicity Secretary of the Grassroots Development Party of
Nigeria (GDPN), Barrister Yelwa Abubakar has stated that President
Muhammadu Buhari’s body language towards the 2019 general elections was
disturbing.
She expressed concern over the presentation of the
2019 national budget to the National Assembly which President Buhari
titled: “budget of continuity”.
Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, she
stated that Buhari is a candidate like any other party candidates,
stressing that the 2019 general election would determine whether he will
continue or not.
She urged the President to place his 2019
ambition in the hands of God and Nigerians, stressing that if he loses
election, someone else would continue from there, adding that, “the
budget should capture national interest rather than party interests.”
GDPN
continued, “It is disturbing that President Muhammadu Buhari presented
the 2019 national budget as if he would be the one to implement it.
“For him to title it as budget of continuity disturbs us all because it’s God and Nigerians that determines his fate in 2019.”
Barrister
Yelwa pointed out that Nigerians were looking forward to the President
ensuring hitch-free, fair and credible elections in 2019, urging him to
tell security agents and the electoral umpire to be neutral.
She
cautioned political parties against what she called ‘endorsement
bonanza’, stating that political parties should work hard to win the
presidential and other elective offices’ election.
She further
stated that the conduct of some political parties in alliances showed
that some politicians were not ready to make democracy work in Nigeria.
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