Femi Aribisala, social commentator and columnist spoke candidly on the state of the nation: “The government of President Buhari has been an unmitigated disaster. To tell Nigerians that now is preaching to the choir. I still blame Tinubu for being a midwife of this disaster. But my concern now is not about the past. My concern now is about the future.”
“Nigeria is a democracy. In our democracy, there are periodic elections. The next presidential election will hold in a little over two years’ time. Immediately the last election was conducted, the jockeying started for the next one. That is the reason why one of the first things this government did in coming to power was to arrest Sule Lamido. The alleged grounds were corrupt practices while he was governor of Jigawa. But, as far as I am concerned, the real ground was the realisation that he would give President Buhari a run for his money if he were to win the PDP nomination for president in 2019.”
“So, as I said, my interest is in the next election. My position is that under no circumstances should President Buhari be allowed to win another election in Nigeria. Four years of this government is more than enough. What is irritating is that, instead of implementing policies to better the lot of Nigerians, the government is making political moves designed to secure the re-election of the president in spite of his atrocious performance in office. This must be resisted. We need another president in 2019. We have had more than enough of President Buhari.”
– Culled from The PUNCH