Balarabe Musa, a Second Republic
governor of old Kaduna State, has said both presidential candidates of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives
Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari are not capable of solving problems
in Nigeria.
The elder statesman lamenting of
lack of a strong third alternative, said lack of resources and funding have
relegated other presidential candidates without no hope of winning.
Balarabe said it was unfortunate
that Nigeria was stuck with Buhari and Atiku despite having 91 political
parties registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
owing to the fact that Nigeria politics is ‘Money Politics’.
Speaking with Daily Independent,
Balarabe said other 89 political parties aside from APC and PDP were just
participating in the 2019 presidential election for the sake of contesting
because they lacked the resources required to contest presidential elections.
He said: “The APC and PDP are the
only ones with the resources to contest the presidency. All other 89 political
parties do not have the resources to contest the presidency. Those of them who
are contesting are just doing so for contesting sake.
“This is money politics and
Nigeria’s politics is very expensive. The deciding factor in Nigeria politics
is money power. The other 89 will contest because they have been registered and
the constitution allows them, but only the PDP and APC are contesting with the
hope of winning.
“It is unfortunate for the
country because none of the two candidates – President Muhammadu Buhari and
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar – is relevant.
“None of them will win and do
anything to correct the negative state of the nation, but we are confronted
with only these two.
“It is important to have a third
alternative. Various organisations have tried to have a third alternative but
it has not been possible. So, we are faced with these two.”
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