Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alh Atiku Abubakar has stated that the rowdy session that greeted the 2019 budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday is an indication of lack of confidence in the his (Buhari’s) leadership.
In a statement signed by his special assistant on youth support groups, Atiku opined that in saner climes, the expected outcome would have been the immediate resignation of the president, Leadership reports.
The statement reads, “That majority of the country’s lawmakers disagreed with Mr Buhari should have told him that there is loss of confidence in his administration.
“What he ought to have done was the needful, instead of attempting to whip up unnecessary sentiments by repeatedly saying, ‘The world is watching’.
“Was the world not watching, when this present executive arm of government led by Buhari blatantly refused to respect other arms through arm twisting and intimidation?
“The same Buhari, with impunity, refused to respect the Judicial arm when they granted bail to Dasuki.
“The same government failed to realise that the world is watching when they blatantly looked the other way as Nigerians are dying daily of hunger and deprivation as a result of the government’s insensitivity and incompetence.
“The world will actually be expecting Mr Buhari to see the hand writing on the wall that Nigerians from all demographics are completely tired of him and are gearing up to oust him through the polls.
“Buhari should also remember that as we go to the polls, the world will be watching, hence there should be no attempts of subverting the will of the people as the world will back Nigerians to vehemently reject attempts to illegally prolong his stay in power.”
