POLITICIANS REGARD BUHARI AS A MEAL TICKET: They Seek His Re-election For Their Political Survival” Says Shehu Sani.
Shehu Sani, a senator from Kaduna
central, has disclosed reasons behind All Progressive Congress, APC members
determination to get President Muhammadu Buhari back to power come 2019
election.
Sani
said the Nigeria political elite see the President as a “meal”, and that they
want him to seek re-election for their own survival.
Aisha
Alhassan, minister of women affairs, stirred a storm she when declared she
would support Atiku Abubakar if he runs for office in 2019.
In an interview with the BBC Hausa,
the minister said she would support her godfather, Abubakar, even if Buhari
seeks re-election.
She
also claimed that the president told members of his party – the All
Progressives Congress (APC) – that he would only spend a single term in office
to “clean up the mess of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)”.
Her
declaration and statements have ignited conversations on whether the president
would seek re-election or not.
In
a Facebook post on Tuesday, Sani said while the masses genuinely want the
president to seek re-election, the political elite are putting pressure on him
to run for office a second time because they consider him as a “meal and mill”.
“Whether
Baba will seek re-election or not remains his individual decision to make. He
is old enough and has been in politics and government longer than anyone in his
party or cabinet as to know what to do and the right time to do it. He is the
best person to judge and decide for himself what to do,” he wrote.
“The
nation still needs his services but it’s still up to him to decide if he is
willing and fit to provide more or not. The political elite in habit of
applying pressure are pressure cookers and they see Baba as a meal and a mill.
“Baba
is like a good driver who has driven for a long distance and so much cherished
by his passengers, whether he is willing to cover more distance its best
decided by him. Every leader chooses his seat and space in the ship of his and
his country’s history.
“The
reasons the masses want Baba continue is not the same as with the reason the
elite want Baba to seek re-election .The former see him as a good force who
should continue to lead them to the land of their dreams or the promised land;
the latter see him as the lifebuoy for their political survival and relevance.”
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