2023: It Is Desperate and Diversionary, Former Sokoto Governor Lampoons Babalola Over Call For Interim Govt
- The former governor of Sokoto state has reacted to the recent call for an interim government made by Chief Afe Babalola SAN
- Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko in reaction stated such a call would take the nation backward while noting it was not needed
- A few months before the 2023 general elections, Chief Afe Babalola earlier noted that the interim government if considered would chart a new course for Nigeria
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The chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), who is the immediate-past governor of Sokoto state, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has said that the call by a legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola SAN, for an interim government at the end of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, was retrogressive and unthoughtful.
Babalola had told journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, April 18, that the interim government should be in office for six months in order to chart a new course for Nigeria.
But in a swift reaction, Senator Wamakko, who represents Sokoto North in the Senate, said the call was uncalled for, unwarranted, unsolicited, desperate and diversionary, Leadership reports.
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His position
According to the lawmaker, to contemplate such an undemocratic arrangement a few months before elections was a disservice to the people of Nigeria.
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Describing the call as a clear threat to democracy, Senator Wamakko encouraged the administration of President Buhari not to be distracted from its commitment to entrenching an enduring democracy through the practice of free and fair periodic elections.
Wamakko said:
“It is indeed worrying when those who should be in the know begin to allow flimsy possibilities to deflect their ordinary sense of decent reasoning."
Urging Nigerians and the federal government to discountenance such calls, Wamakko stressed that democratic elections remain the only acceptable tool for replacement of governments.
Registering for PVCs not enough, Nigerians must demand credible election, says Falana
The duo of Femi Falana and Professor Pat Utomi has urged Nigerians to be proactive and prepared for the forthcoming general elections in 2023.
Falana who made this call said the clamor for the registration of PVCs will count for nothing if Nigerians come out and vote and also stand by their votes.
He said this during the unveiling of the Registration Portal of the “40 Million Ballots Movement” initiated by Youths on the Street Initiative founded in 2017.
Civilian rule was a huge setback after over 20-years - Pat Utomi
Professor Pat Utomi earlier stated that the '40 Million Ballots Movement' initiative is a veritable platform to foster change and liberation, Legit.ng gathered.
In his remark, he reflected on the military era when he and his peers to it upon themselves to champion a movement to save Nigeria from the shackles of the military.
He however expressed disappointment in the current civilian dispensation stating that civilian rule was a huge setback after over 20-years.
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