APC Chieftain Tells Buhari - You Are Too Old, Sick, To Contest 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to ignore the calls by some persons who are urging him to seek another term in office in 2019.
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state, Mauzu Magaji, who gave the advice to the President, noted that it is essential for the President to consider his age and his recurring ill-health in making up his mind on the 2019 contest.
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According to him, those urging President Buhari to seek a second term in office are his enemies, given the fact that "even the President himself had complained about his health and age when he took over in 2015."
Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, Magaji, who in 2014 sought to contest governorship ticket of APC in Kano, said the recent political dynamics have shown that the President can no longer assimilate, hence the need for him to honourably step aside for a younger politician.
Magaji at one time also served as Special Adviser on Project to former governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in Kano.
His words: "Honestly, if you ask me l will say that the President has given so much to this country and he has done so much with his coming into the democratic space that the limitations that we have highlighted now have potential to ruin his integrity and reputation if he continues this way.
"Unless he addresses them and we have analyzed here that addressing them might be difficult for him. I think there is a milestone in democracy that you might say even if l am giving 10 years there is much l can do but if l set the foundation and l am happy l have restored confidence and l have brought hope back and l could get younger people.
"Even the President himself complained about his age when he came and complained about the dirty process in the polity which is not in tandem with what he is used to.
"So, there are political dynamics that he is not capable of assimilating, therefore, we need some politicians that are vibrant, younger and capable of managing the dynamics of diabolical plans of some politicians against the state and checkmating them.
"Also they must be persons that have demonstrated the pedigree and capabilities to build a nation either from the responsibility they held before or from things they have manifested in their lives and they have the integrity to manage the resources and the moral balance to treat Nigerians equitably and fairly.
Those are the people l think the President should look out for and hand over this nation to them as a legacy."
When asked whether he will prefer his former boss, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as APC presidential candidate in 2019, Magaji said, "if that is the case, I will say yes.
If he gets this opportunity l believe he will do very well because Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso is a very young vibrant politician who has committed his life in politics in the service of humanity.
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