President Muhammadu Buhari says
he will not approve the use of government’s resources for campaign.
According to Garba Shehu,
presidential spokesman, the president made the declaration at the close of the
the federal executive council (FEC) in Abuja.
He directed cabinet ministers to
take advantage of technology to reach out to voters on the need to return the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in next month’s general election.
“As political parties spread
their ideologies and views to every nook and corner of the country, the issue
of cash payment to voters and its corrupting influence in electioneering has
once again become a topical issue,” he said.
“Try and use text and multi-media
messages to seek votes for the party and government. There is no money from the
treasury for use in the campaigns. I will not authorise that.”
He said the APC has a clear
development agenda best suited to take Nigeria forward and sustain economic
development.
‘‘This message needs to be taken
to all Nigerians that we cannot use money from the treasury to share out to
prospective voters,” he said.
‘‘Nigerians want change and we
alone can deliver that change. Our people can no longer be swayed by money
politics.”
The president also used the
occasion, which was a valedictory session for Khadija Abba Ibrahim, minister of
state, foreign affairs, to wish the minister success in her electoral contest.
The minister had signified her
desire to leave the cabinet, in line with existing regulations, to run for
house of representative seat.
That is story for the gods. Where did the #10k trader money come from? Was is it not from govt purse or from your personal purse and what was it for other than indirect vote buying. Apc buy now should have known that Nigerians are not the stupid.
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