Former Military Head of State,
General Abdulsalami Abubakar has urged politicians who are above 70 years to
retire from politics and give way to younger ones for the progress of the
country.
Speaking on Thursday at Arewa
House Kaduna as chairman of the presentation and launching of the book, ”
Yakowa: A Dream Differed,” Abdulsalami stressed that politicians who are above
70 years should retire for the young politicians.
He however, added that if they
consider themselves fit to run for political offices at 70 years or above, they
should be jealously continue to safeguard the peace of the country through
their utterances during and after elections.
The ex-head of state said,
“Politicians who consider themselves worthy to run for political offices should
jealously continue to guard the peace of our country.
“I urge you to base your campaign
on issue based campaign. Politicians and their political parties hold the key
to the creation of an environment that could foster peace, fair and credible
elections and we will ask them to do the needful for the interest of, and
well-being of this great country.”
On his role as a mentor to late
Patrick Yakowa, Abdulsalami said, “as former head of state, who appointed late
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa as Minister for Solid Minerals, I thought that it was
late Patrick Yakowa that built the foundation of solid mineral resources upon
which all that was accorded. Late Patrick Yakowa remained close confided even
after my retirement.
“Since Yakowa left the federal
government, and returned to Kaduna to serve in the state as secretary to the
government, rising to be elected as deputy governor, and then, governor of
kaduna state, I have followed his track record with great interest. I am proud
of his achievements. I bear witness to his commitment to peace, service,
justice and truthful to the country,” he said.
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