The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Tuesday said Nigerians will not vote for President Jonathan in the coming elections irrespective of the of monetary inducement been used to woo electorate.
Kwankwaso said this while reacting to reports that President Jonathan purportedly wooed traditional rulers and others with billions of naira so that they will mobilize their people and vote for him.
According to the Kano State Governor, Nigerians are tired of Jonathan’s administration and will not vote for him even if he spends all the money in the country’s treasury.
“We have passed the issue of money; it is not the issue of how much billions you have. You know even ordinary people know that the PDP has stolen the people’s money and they are disbursing it and everybody is aware and it is shameful thing.
“It is Nigeria’s money, they give it to politicians, groups, clergymen and all sorts of people but I can assure you that this will not help them. If money was the issue I wouldn’t have been elected in 2011. We are aware that they are distributing money to people but I can assure you that it wouldn’t make any difference,” he said in an interview with newsmen in Kano,” Kwankwaso said.
Kwankwaso further noted that the usage of public funds to induce electorate is very much affecting the nation’s economy.
He affirmed, “Thieves are stealing money and are giving it to thieves to disburse as gifts to Nigerians in order to vote for them. The money will not make any change as it will not even get to the people because it would be stolen by the thieves in the government. They are taking their gratuities and pensions.”
“More people are being killed in Nigeria, more than in any other country including Iran, Syria within this period. This money is corruption and corruption is part of the insecurity, the collapse of the economy and so on. So, I don’t think people will want to stay for another four years like this,” said.
While commenting on the shifted polls, Kwankwaso noted that the People’s Democratic Party will lose despite the shift in polls; he further added that the chance of the All Progressive Congress emerging victorious is daily increasing.
Kwankwaso affirmed, “I know there must be election and people have taken the decision on what to do on that day and certainly people want change, go to the villages, towns and cities, the story is the same. Therefore there must be change this year and by that extension no matter how you put it this government should go and we have better arrangements on the ground for the APC to take over under Muhammad Buhari.”
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