The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has said that Nigerians are still waiting to see Presidential candidates of other political parties that will be able to match the integrity, commitment and honesty of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections.
The minister, who spoke on a BBC Hausa programme said: “we are still waiting to see that person and we will tell that person not to suffer himself.”
According to him, those who are opposing the president are not sincere as they are only opposing the President because he has refused to yield to their selfish demands.
“They are after sharing the national cake and because he refused, they say he (Baba ) has failed.”
Dalung, who responded to questions on the state of the nation, insisted that the President is still the best candidate for the 2019 presidential election, stressing that he wanted to see those who think Buhari should be replaced with a better candidate.
Dalung debunked the insinuation that the President is shielding those in government from corruption probe, adding that he has been asking the wailers to provide proof on alleged offences.
“Like the case of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir, he asked those raised allegation against him to provide proofs and when at the end of the day he was found wanting, he was shown the way out.”
The Minister said that the President has been able to tackle the security challenges bedeviling the country, adding that pockets of attacks and killings in some states should not be used as yardstick to judge him as a failure.
“As all over the world people are being killed Nigeria is not an exception. Every country has its own peculiar challenges.” [myad]
