Stop complaining, vote out bad leaders, Abdulsalami tells Nigerians

A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Friday in
Jos, Plateau State, urged Nigerians to stop complaining about the
present hardship in the country but instead vote out incompetent
leaders during the 2019 elections.

Abubakar spoke at the National Institute for Policy and
Strategic Studies, Kuru, during the 2018 Distinguished Annual
Lecture for Senior Executive Course 40 participants, with the
Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, as Special Guest of
Honour.

Abubakar condemned the practice of vote-buying by politicians,
insisting that it must be discouraged by all means.

He said, “Every citizen has a duty. You must not sell your vote.
You must register to vote.

“Stop criticising the failures of government, go and vote them
out if you think those voted are not doing their job.

“We must all try to work on our nationhood through
constitutional and policy framework. It is only in this way that we
can ignite responsible leadership for the country.

“It is through this approach that we can truly build national
institutions that will enthrone justice and equity.”

Speaking further, Abubakar described the 91 parties registered
by the Independent National Electoral Commission as an “unwholesome
development.”

He said that INEC was not helping the country’s democracy by
registering too many political parties as most of them were still
regional in character and lack ideological inclinations.

He also called on the organisation to be transparent in its
activities if it wished to engender confidence among Nigerians.

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