Nasir el-Rufai, governor of
Kaduna, says he does not care if he loses the forthcoming governorship election
so long the exercise is conducted under a transparent manner.
El-Rufai said this on Wednesday
while speaking at an event organised by the State Peace Commission, National
Peace Commission and the UN.
The governor said the most
important job for his administration is to govern and ensure peaceful election
in the state.
“Let me say this on my behalf and
on behalf of the Kaduna state government of today, our most important job now
is to govern the state,” he said.
“What does governing the state
mean? Governing state means ensuring peaceful coexistence through to the
elections and after.
“We took an oath of office to
govern the state on fairness and on justice
and we are going to do that, like
I said , till 29 May, 2019, whether we are re-elected or not, it does not
matter, if we are re-elected , we
will do our best. It also does not matter
if we are not re-elected.
“We will move on with our lives,
politics is not our permanent profession. This is part of the reasons why we
are ready to sign the peace accord. This election is not a do or die affair, we
are not desperate. We are campaigning on our records, we do not care if we lose
the election so long it is not stolen against the will of the electorate.”
He added that the state
government had in taken vigorous measures to prosecute those involved in hate
speech.
Also speaking, Mohamed Ibn
Chambas, special representative of the UN secretary-general for West Africa and
the Sahel, said it is important that Nigeria surpasses the progress in
electioneering recorded at the 2015 polls.
“It is therefore crucial that
Nigeria delivers credible, peaceful and fair elections in 2019 in a manner that
improves upon the performance of the 2015 elections and strengthens and
consolidates the democratic dividends this country has accrued over the years,”
Chambas said.
“I urge you in accordance with
your pledges under the peace accord, to avoid hate messages and the politics of
acrimony, bitterness, and rancour that undermine peaceful conduct of
elections.”
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