The presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, in the presidential and National Assembly elections just concluded on Saturday, February 25, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, criticized President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that The president has not done enough to provide free, fair and reliable elections.
Kwakwanso thinks that in the civilized countries of the world, with the level of allegations of vote buying, the use of guns to intimidate people, and the level of irregularities recorded, elections will be annulled, just like he said the presidential election results were never available. reflects the wishes of the Nigerian people.
However, he pleaded with the judiciary to always be the last hope of ordinary people and not repeat the number four becoming number one allowed by the Supreme Court, expressing concern that this won’t be a ball game anymore.
He was speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the party’s first post-2023 election meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC).
The former governor and senator from Kano state accused the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party of manipulating the results of general elections in several states, especially the presidential election. He simply said that the election “did not reflect the spirit of Nigerians”.
According to him, given the performance of the NNPP despite joining politics late, nearly a year ago, it is good news for the future in the context that many Nigerians are ready to join the NNPP before 2027, even if he laments breath. that Nigerians are not allowed to enjoy the “positive change” they seek.
As a result, Kwankwaso, who is also the party’s national leader, urged the NNPP leadership to take advantage of the opportunity before the next round of elections in 2027 to “tighten austerity, return to the constituency and work better”.
“We have four years to reposition the party to deliver positive change to Nigerians.
“We joined this party barely one year old, the performance we have seen, I believe we should all congratulate ourselves.
“We have done well and what is even more important is that almost everybody now believes that NNPP is a party for the future.
“Immediately after this election, some people visited me to say that now we have seen the light and before 2027, they are going to join our party.
“The challenge of the time is very critical because this is the first time in the history of this country where we have a party, especially after the establishment of the two parties across the country, that within the shortest possible time, had this kind of popularity based on the integrity and hard work and commitment to this country.
“I believe it is time we congratulate ourselves and also tighten our seatbelts to go back to our constituencies and work much harder.
“I also believe that now that we have more years to strategize and push forward the party so that more people are accommodated as members and leadership at various levels of the party at the states, and even in terms of number and quality so that Nigerians can have an opportunity to have a positive change that our party, the NNPP stands for in this country.”
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