Nigeria would be better without Buhari’s “analogue system” says Babangida

Former Nigerian head of state Ibrahim Babangida has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to shelve any plans to seek reelection in 2019, noting that Nigeria would be better without Buhari’s “analogue system.”

“I do not intend to deny President Buhari his inalienable right to vote and be voted for, but there comes a time in the life of a nation when personal ambition should not override national interest,” Babangida said in a statement issued by his spokesman Kassim Afegbua on Sunday.

The man, who annulled arguably the freest election in Nigeria, said “I do not intend to deny President Buhari his inalienable right to vote and be voted for, but there comes a time in the life of a nation when personal ambition should not override national interest,” Babangida said in a statement issued by his spokesman Kassim Afegbua on Sunday.

He said, “This is the time for us to reinvent the will (sic) and tap into the resourcefulness of the younger generation, stimulate their entrepreneurial initiatives and provoke a conduce environment to grow national economy both at the micro and macro levels.”

Much like Obasanjo, who led the formation of Coalition for Nigeria Movement aimed at easing out Buhari out of office next year, Babangida insisted that Buhari’s ‘analogue system’ of governance is out of touch with modernity and needs urgent replacement.

“Modern leadership is not just about “fighting” corruption, it is about plugging the leakages and building systems that will militate against corruption,” Babangida said, adding that accountability in leadership should flow from copious examples.

Babangida explained that his support for a new breed of Nigerian leadership will mark a radical departure “from recycled leadership to creating new paradigms that will breathe fresh air into our present polluted leadership actuality.”

The ruling All Progressives Congress, he said, has failed Nigeria and deserved to be voted out in the next general election.

He said, “This is the time for us to reinvent the will (sic) and tap into the resourcefulness of the younger generation, stimulate their entrepreneurial initiatives and provoke a conduce environment to grow national economy both at the micro and macro levels.”