THISDAY

BUHARI AND 2019 ELECTION

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The 2019 presidenti­al election is a strategic election that would determine the future of this country. Therefore, our choice of leadership must be borne out of genuine heart to rescue our country from the hands of the elite and political gladiators who parade themselves as democratic leaders. The choice is in our hands to vote true leadership that would cleanse this country of massive corruption promoted by the elite. The current administra­tion is facing great challenge in reposition­ing Nigeria because of resistant from the elite.

The Presidency inherited a corrupt political, social and economic system from previous administra­tions under the PDP between 1999 and 2015. Its fight to eradicate the system of corruption is being resisted. This administra­tion’s fight against corruption is perceived by the poor as insignific­ant and irrelevant because of the window of hardship, suffering and poverty that came with it. But the fight against corruption is critical to building a viable political, social and economic system in Nigeria. Majority of the poor who are largely determinan­t of who clinches the presidenti­al election in 2019 are unhappy, worried and dissatisfi­ed with this administra­tion’s style. Therefore, a strategy must be adopted by the presidency to appease the poor before the election. Pedro Ukokobili, Lagos

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