Tony Okafor,Awka
Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP), Senator Ahmed Yusuf Datti has described the shifting of grounds on the deadline for the Naira swap as weakness on the part of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Datti who was on a courtesy visit to the Obi if Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe on Thursday contended that for Buhari shifting grounds twice on the matter messed up the exercise.
He said, “It is mixed feelings because when you see a President bulge once however small, those mighty that prevailed on him to bulge will see a gleamer of hope to press further”
“Maybe this President is becoming a weakling as they would say a lame duck President and if you cede one inch , you are likely to cede another inch”
“So it is a lot of concern for us for the President to change position literally nine days to the election,”
“However, we have recognized the fact that currency is a sovereign matter and no state governor especially those who don’t respect court judgement have any right to interfer with the Federal government in issues about currency ”
“It has been done and it stays and it was poorly implemented and everything about government is poorly done including our economy, security as well as the level of corruption and we have come to leave with it ”
Datti noted that the 2023 general elections would be a test case for Nigeria in the area of national unity of the country, adding that the entire world is waiting on Nigerians to get it right for once.
He added, “We pray that the election would go well so that as His Majesty said if election is well done , it can open the space for good governance.”
Speaking while receiving Datti, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe remarked,”Unfortunately the Peace Accord signed by the Presidential candidates under the platform of the National Peace Committee headed by Gen Abdusalami Abubakar (rtd) has been severally violated on several occasions and we remind the candidates and stakeholders to call their followers to order”
“We call on the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to rise to its statutory mandate to conduct a flawless election with all the technology and human capacity at its disposal”
“The election if properly conducted, will pave way for good governance in this country and this election must not fail”
“We urge the electorate to resist all efforts to compromise the process or allow themselves to be intimidated .
