On
Sunday, the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has appealed to politicians
in every sphere of the country to ensure they carry out their election
campaigns peacefully as campaigns for the 2019 elections begin.
The
President made the appeal at an event to kickstart his 2019 reelection campaign
which he did with the launch of a “Campaign Manual/Next Level Document”, at the
State House Conference Centre, Abuja.
Buhari
reminded supporters of the governing All Progressives Congress, top party
officials and government functionaries of the need to remain calm and law
abiding in promoting themselves and their party to the electorate.
The
President assured Nigerians of better days ahead if elected for a second term
in office. He said his administration had recorded milestone in the last three
years, and is looking forward to fulfilling more if given a new term
“I
am not unmindful that the national assembly and the presidential campaign
starts today, I will implore candidates to go about the campaigns peacefully
and decently, We have no other country, let us not set it ablaze because of
politics.
The
president then talked about his plans for the education sector. He said, “Every
child counts – and simply, whatever it takes to prepare our teachers,
curriculum and classrooms to attain the right educational goals that grow our
country, will be done. We will remodel 10,000 schools every year and retain our
teachers to impart science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics using
coding, animation, robotics to re-interpreter our curriculum.”
He
said his administration had done a lot in fighting corruption but admitted that
there is still much to do.
“We
are committed to deepening the work we started this first term such that the
nation’s assets and resources continue to be organised and utilised to do good
for the common man. Corruption is an existential threat to Nigeria. Despite the
gains we have made in closing the gates, we know that there is still much
ground to cover to stop the systemic corruption,” he said.
“The
next four years will be quite significant for our country. Nigeria is faced
with a choice to keep building a new Nigeria – making a break from its tainted
past which favoured an opportunistic few.
“Our
choices will shape us – our economic security and our future prosperity.
Nigeria, more than ever before, needs a stable and people-focused government to
move the agenda for our country forward.”
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