Good morning, my friends. As we continue our
relentless pace campaigning for #Changethis week, let’s
reflect on the past few weeks -GMB I have become seriously disturbed by the
volume of falsehood and desperation from the opposition campaign of the PDP. I
clearly underrated the panic and lack of integrity that leads people to tell
barefaced lies, and must confess, it continues to confound me. I have run for
office before, but I have consistently done so without desperation or anger,
because elections are not war. Why should candidates tell so many frantic lies
in order to win elections, if truly their purpose is to ‘transform’ the lives
of our people? It is a tragedy to see the ruling party focus on pettiness and
lies; rumours of cancer, foreign treatment, and certificates they know exist.
Hundreds, perhaps
thousands of Nigerians died in #Baga days
ago. Our unemployment numbers are rising. The businesses of our enterprising
youth are being killed by lack of access to finance and poor economic policies.
This campaign should be about those issues. It should be about today and the
future; about securing Nigerian lives and Nigerian land. The desperation is
beyond my understanding. #ThingsMustChange What
is this obsession with lies? What is this obsession with pettiness? What is
this obsession with threats and attacks? All of us, citizens and voters need to
ask ourselves – why is our President so desperate? How can the President of
this country be talking about remembering phone numbers and coup speeches?
How can his campaign
be talking about dead ex-leaders, jogging around the stadium and outright lies
about my health? How can a President who has led this country for six years be
unable to run on his own record and his achievements? Where is his fabled calm,
where is his reserve, where is his composure? Why is he so ruffled? Why is he
so frustrated and afraid? We should be deeply worried that a President who
called for calm during governorship elections has now lost his cool in his own
elections. Our President and his allies must remember that he is not only a
candidate for office; he is the President of Nigeria. We do not have a
disinformation or propaganda wing in our campaign. We have no need to waste
time in driving petty attacks. We have not spoken about the President's family,
his health, his religion, his ethnic group, or his phone number. We are
concerned only about his record – has he secured Nigeria?
Has he fought
corruption? Has he truly grown the economy so it can work? Do our children find
it easy to get jobs? Do our sisters and brothers find it easy to set up and
sustain their businesses? Can our president keep us safe when we travel to any
part of this country? Is your life better today than it was six years ago? We
have only presented our record – how we fought insurgencies, how we stabilized
the Naira, how we tackled corruption. We have presented our vision and plans –
through our manifesto (available on http://www.thisisbuhari.com ) and
our town hall meetings. We are lucky to have in this election two people who
have led this country. I am proud to present our record of solutions and
effectiveness. Imagine the accelerated growth we can now achieve in a democracy
–which the world has seen to be the most effective way of governing nations.
Let us focus on those issues, please. Elections are not war. February 14 is not
about politicians. It is about our country.
I am appealing to you: the damage to this country is great. The level of unemployment and insecurity is intolerable, worsened by corruption. Therefore, I shall refuse to indulge the smear campaign. I refuse to allow them take away the focus from the issues that concern you. We insist on a campaign of hope, change and the future. This
election is about big, important issues. We refuse to play it small. Join us as
we continue the relentless pace of our rallies in Minna and Kaduna today.
#Change is finally here, my friends. - GMB #CountdownToChange #GMB15
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