The Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign
Organization has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will not be cunning and
deceitful to Nigerians when it comes to the issue of restructuring.
According to the group, this has
been the case with the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar.
The group said Atiku already
knows he does not have the powers to single-handedly restructure the country.
The campaign group noted further
that Buhari does not oppose any move by the National Assembly to carry out
constitutional amendments for true federalism.
It stated this in the Campaign
manual that serves as a basic guide for the 2019 elections released in Abuja.
According to the group, “The
President himself is not a cunning and deceitful character like some other
candidate, who knows he does not have the powers to singlehandedly restructure
the country through constitutional amendments and would engage in giving a
time-frame within which the country would be restructured.
“Sometimes in 2017, the APC set
up a committee headed by Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state to
make far reaching recommendations on restructuring.
“That Committee submitted its
report early in 2018. In all his public outings throughout the years, the Vice
President has advocated for restructuring and true federalism.
“The President has never
indicated he would oppose any move by the National Assembly to carry out
constitutional amendments to fully reflect true federalism.”
The group added, “As President
and Vice President, President (Olusegun) Obasanjo and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
granted themselves university licences and were building their universities
whilst ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities) was on strike severally at
that period.
“The privatisation programme of
the OBJ/Atiku Government was fraught with fraud as most of the deals ended in
fiasco. Some of them were NITEL, ALSCON, etc.
“The OBJ/Atiku Government denied
Lagos State of its funds for more than two years until it left power in 2007
because of political differences. And this was done despite an order of Supreme
Court compelling the Federal Government to release the said funds.
“The OBJ/Atiku Government
conducted some of the worst elections in our history which was the 2003 and
2007 elections where results were simply written. Hence, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,
on the 3rd of September, 2018, publicly expressed his regret for not taking
Lagos from Tinubu in 2003 because Tinubu was his friend.
“Despite all the recent
grandstanding on restructuring, the candidate of the main opposition as Vice
President never for once used his position to push for restructuring.
“There is no record of any Public
lecture or open or secret memo he wrote to his boss or anyone, advocating for
restructuring in any form. Instead, he was busy trying to restructure PDP
throughout that period to take it over.
“At one time or the other the
President has had cause to order the investigation of close aides accused of
corrupt practices. Those that were found wanting have been removed from office.
:“The President does not
interfere in the work of law enforcement agencies. In many cases, it takes time
for people to be investigated and charged to court.
“No one has ever provided any
verifiable evidence of corruption against the President or Vice President
unlike in previous governments. The integrity of the President is not in doubt
as expressed by various individuals, including heads of other governments, who
have spoken on the character of the President.”
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I believe in Buhari and if he decides to restructure the country, then fine
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