The Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said
President Goodluck Jonathan cannot win any of the 19 northern
states in a free and fair contest come 2015.
Kwankwaso said this in six posts on his twitter handle
@Rkwankwaso which was viewed by our correspondent, in
Abuja, on Monday.
The governor said he arrived at this conclusion after
undertaking a survey of northern states.
He explained that his findings showed that none of the affected
states would be willing to vote in favour of the current state of
affairs.
Kwankwaso said, “I have not taken the time to go to the South
to study what is happening, but I had time to study the North. In
the 19 states I don’t see any state where under a free and fair
election; people will go and vote for the status quo.
“The status quo is not good for anybody because it has failed to
provide the basic services to justify why the people voted for
this government.
“Being a President is not about personal enjoyment, it also does
not mean protecting some and ignoring others.
“Once anyone is elected as a President or a governor, you are no
more the chairman of your party, you are no more Edwin Clark,
who is the leader of the Ijaw nation, but you are the President
for both who voted for you and those who did not, those who
like you, and those who do not like you.”
The governor, who has signified interest in contesting the
Presidency in 2015 on the platform of the All Progressives
Congress, said a government in a blessed and rich country like
Nigeria which could not protect its citizens did not deserve to
be in office.
He expressed disappointment that thousands of Nigerians were
currently in Niger Republic, Cameroun and Chad as refugees
and nobody was even talking about them.
This, and others he said, were the issues on the ground that must
be tackled.
“Today whether you are from the South or the North, Christian
or Muslim does not matter; what really matter is how to get
peace back,” he added.
Speaking about the growing state of insecurity especially in the
North-East, Kwankwaso said the protection of every inch of the
Nigerian territory and the people therein; was the responsibility
of the occupant of the office of President irrespective of tribe,
religion, culture or political affiliation.
He, however, said the situation today was such that people were
being killed, maimed and even abducted on a daily basis.
The governor noted that security was the most basic of
functions of any government therefore any government that
could not provide the basic needs of its people had no business
hanging on.
Kwankwaso observed that the absence of purposeful leadership
was the reason why even the international community feel that
there is no government in Nigeria.
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