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2019: In growing Northern opposition, another group asks Buhari not to contest

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Following the statement by Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) questioning President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned 2019 bid, a coalition of youth groups in Northern Nigeria has rejected the President outright, saying he had failed and urging him not to contest.

AYF had in a statement by its head, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Gugungu, kicked against Buhari’s second term bid, describing such as insensitive, inhuman and insulting to the entire northern youths.

In similar vein, the leaders of the coalition known as Northern Youth Coalition, made their position known when they addressed journalists at the Press Centre in Kano on Sunday.

They said given Buhari’s poor performance as president, seeking re-election “could be a disgraceful move.”

Read also: Buhari’s re-election bid tears northern groups apart

The leader of the coalition, Abdulmajid Saad and his secretary, Salisu Indabawa, spoke on behalf the coalition that they said comprised 36 youth groups.

“We observed with utmost dismay that three years after the current leadership came into power, Nigerians are already disappointed with the way things are going.

“This was characterised by the president’s deafening ears to the yearnings of the citizenry as witnessed in the falling standard of attainment of basic of life needed by ordinary Nigerians.

“We also observed poor healthcare services delivery to the whole nation. Corruption has taken new dimensions on high scale, standard of living of most Nigerians has deteriorated, while injustice, insecurity and high level of impunity has become a recurring decimal”, Saad said.

While acknowledging gains in the fight against Boko Haram, the group said it was barely enough as insecurity had worsened in other areas, especially with kidnapping and ethnic violence on the rise.

Responding to questions from journalists, Saad said his group was not being sponsored by any politician.

He added that not all the groups that were part of the coalition were registered.

 

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