From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
The gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party in Kano State, Engineer Bashir Ishaq Bashir, has expressed regret at the performance of the Buhari administration, saying it has failed the country as a whole and the North in particular.
Bashir, who spoke at a dialogue series organized by the Kano State Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists at the weekend, declared that a vast majority of Northerners are deeply disappointed in the administration.
“We are disappointed in Buhari. We are not proud of him. His eight-year tenure is a wasted year for Nigerians and for the North.
“You cannot wake up today and drive to Abuja, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto, and others. They are all no-go areas. Kaduna has become a war zone,” he lamented.
He noted that every aspect of the nation’s life had performed negatively in the last eight years contrary to the expectations of those who voted him to power in 2015 and in 2019.
According to him, the big lesson to be learnt from this tragedy is that Nigerians should desist from talking about parties, regions or religions, but devote their energies to the emergence of a candidate that would bring them out of the current disaster.
He assured that Peter Obi would focus on the welfare of the people, if voted into power in 2023, adding that the economy, health, education, and other deliverables would take a front seat in his governance.