Ango Abdullahi, spokesperson of
the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has rubbished claims of the North plotting to
adopt a consensus candidate for the 2019 presidential elections.
Abdullahi said the forum had no
plans to pick a consensus candidate for next year’s elections.
He stated this while reacting to
insinuations by former Kaduna State governor, Balarabe Musa, who described
members of the forum as selfish for pushing for a consensus candidate in 2019.
But, speaking with The Sun,
Abdullahi said, “I don’t know of any group right now that has plans for such an
idea. People are confusing these various groups. There is ACF, there is NEF,
there is also this recent creation of last week meeting in Abuja that was
reported as Northern Elders Political Forum.
“People should know that these
groups are not the same, ACF is different; NEF is also different, and also the
one that was shown in Abuja, the Northern Elders Political Forum.
“Maybe, Balarabe Musa is
confusing this last one with the others that have been there for years now. All
I know is that we are going to look for a good leader. We should be worried
that the country should have good leaders at all the levels of governance. What
we are worried is about good governance come 2019.
“Who is talking about consensus
candidate when there are parties that are going through primaries, and then
their candidates would contest election. The issue of consensus candidates will
not even arise. We will argue for a good person who perhaps is contesting in
whatever party; there is no place we will call for a consensus candidate.”
Stressing that the current
leadership of Nigeria had failed, Abdullahi said the “Azikiwes, Sadaunas and
Awos did very far better than the leaders we have today.”
Abdullahi said, “If we want
change, we should go back to the parliamentary system of government, not this
very corrupt, inefficient and no accountability type of government.
“In parliamentary system, you can’t
be a minister unless you were elected; then you have a constituency of people;
the parliament is your constituency, but now people only worship those who
appoint them, and they don’t care about others.”
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