Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), who was a presidential
candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in 2011, took part in
a presidential debates 2011 organized by NN24, an international
television station.
President Goodluck Jonathan was expected to join the debates, however, didn’t show up reportedly because of his tight schedule. Though, two other presidential candidates – Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of ACN and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau of ANPP – were present.
During the debates, the CPC presidential candidate listed his agenda for Nigeria. He covered such topics as corruption in governance, militants in Niger Delta, power generation issues and how he would operate as a democratic leader given his history.
When the moderator of the debates, Kadaria Ahmed, asked Buhari how he would deal with issue of militants in Niger Delta, the candidate suggested to sit down with the Niger Delta leadership and discuss and critically examine the issue. Moreover, Buhari said “we have to rehabilitate those younger men”, meaning that “young people in Delta Nigeria prefer to earn 15,000$ a week and wear ammunition than go to school and pay for education”.
Speaking about resolving power sector issue in Nigeria, Buhari said if elected he would “see the problem on the groun” and compare how much were spent on power in 1999 (before Jonathan) and in 2011. Buhari wanted to ‘investigate’ where the money spent on power (between 12 and 16billion dollars) went if people still have problems with uninterruptible power supplying.
Speaking on the vexed issue of bogus take-home pay of our legislators, the former Head of State said if elected into office, he would persuade the lawmakers to see reason and to cut-down on their allowances so that the funds saved can be deployed into development projects that will serve the needs of the people.
It would be recalled, Buhari also contested the presidential election as the candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) in 2003, however, he was defeated by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) nominee, President Olusegun Obasanjo, by a margin of more than eleven million votes.
In 2007, Buhari was nominated as the consensus candidate of the ANPP. In the election, Buhari officially took 18% of the vote against 70% for the PDP candidate, Umaru Yar’Adua.
In 2014, Buhari was chosen as a candidate from the All Progressives Congress (APC) party. His platform is built around his image as a staunch anti-corruption fighter and his incorruptible and honest reputation.
President Goodluck Jonathan was expected to join the debates, however, didn’t show up reportedly because of his tight schedule. Though, two other presidential candidates – Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of ACN and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau of ANPP – were present.
During the debates, the CPC presidential candidate listed his agenda for Nigeria. He covered such topics as corruption in governance, militants in Niger Delta, power generation issues and how he would operate as a democratic leader given his history.
When the moderator of the debates, Kadaria Ahmed, asked Buhari how he would deal with issue of militants in Niger Delta, the candidate suggested to sit down with the Niger Delta leadership and discuss and critically examine the issue. Moreover, Buhari said “we have to rehabilitate those younger men”, meaning that “young people in Delta Nigeria prefer to earn 15,000$ a week and wear ammunition than go to school and pay for education”.
Speaking about resolving power sector issue in Nigeria, Buhari said if elected he would “see the problem on the groun” and compare how much were spent on power in 1999 (before Jonathan) and in 2011. Buhari wanted to ‘investigate’ where the money spent on power (between 12 and 16billion dollars) went if people still have problems with uninterruptible power supplying.
Speaking on the vexed issue of bogus take-home pay of our legislators, the former Head of State said if elected into office, he would persuade the lawmakers to see reason and to cut-down on their allowances so that the funds saved can be deployed into development projects that will serve the needs of the people.
It would be recalled, Buhari also contested the presidential election as the candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) in 2003, however, he was defeated by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) nominee, President Olusegun Obasanjo, by a margin of more than eleven million votes.
In 2007, Buhari was nominated as the consensus candidate of the ANPP. In the election, Buhari officially took 18% of the vote against 70% for the PDP candidate, Umaru Yar’Adua.
In 2014, Buhari was chosen as a candidate from the All Progressives Congress (APC) party. His platform is built around his image as a staunch anti-corruption fighter and his incorruptible and honest reputation.
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