By Musa Tanimu Nasidi
Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, says as a former minister of Defence, he have everything it’s take and plans to tackle insecurity bedeviled Nigeria if elected in 2023.
The NNPP flagbearer who was in Kogi to comission the party state secretariat made the promised on Thursday while speaking with Newsmen,say he’ll end corruption which becomes endemics in the country.
He said he would also improve on economy, prioritise infrastructural development and lift Nigerians away from poverty.
“We have a big problem in the country in terms of insecurity.
“As former minister of defence, I am knowledgeable about security. I believe that our military has the capacity to stop this mess through political will, encouragement, training and retraining of personnel.
“We will deal with corruption; we will bring integrity and capacity into the system; we will fight corruption decisively,’’ he said.
He appealed to ASSU on the need to call -off the over six months strike,he lamented further that: “During my tenure as governor of Kano state, we’ve never witnessed strike action in our higher institutions in Kano,today our educational system have deteriorated to unalarming rate, if given the mandate, education would be my top priority” Kwankwaso promised
He cautioned party supporters against inflammatory and unguarded utterances, saying as a genuine Nigerian he was ready to salvage and unite the country.
He challenged Nigerians not to make further mistakes when choosing their leaders at the 2023 general elections.
“We at the NNPP plan to provide Nigerians with good governance, restore peace, address insecurity and improve the economy. Nigerians have suffered enough. We are on a rescue mission,’’ the candidate stressed.
Kwankwaso also cautioned journalists on the need to verify and investigate their story before they publish.
“I call on journalists to refrain from fake news, defamation, sedition, hate speech, blasphemy, and incitements of inflammatory statements in their reportage ” he cautioned.