Lagos, Feb. 17, 2023 – The Presidency has assured that the forthcoming general elections will hold as scheduled.
The presidency said, in a statement on Friday while reacting to an earlier statement credited to Kaduna State Governor on the 2023 elections.
Kaduna Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai had alleged in an interview with an online news platform that a cabal around President Muhammadu Buhari was plotting the failure of the general elections.
According to the Governor, those hoping to make the system fail were those who failed to pick the ruling All Progressives Congress’ presidential ticket and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
The statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said President Buhari should not be associated with anything contrary to sustenance of democracy.
He assured that the elections will hold as scheduled as Nigerians desire progress and good government as well as a system that works.
“Elections, just a week ahead, will hold and Nigerians will vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, and any others if they so wish on the basis of their choice.
Our people want progress, good governance, law and order and will not be swayed by the negative energy that is being expended against a well-meaning currency change.
“Finally, to state that the President clearly has a favoured successor in Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is not in doubt.
“The fact that Tinubu has been opposed to the speed and timing of the Naira swap timetable does not mean he is against the idea of Nigeria becoming a cashless society.
“Of course, Tinubu does support a cashless society: for he is a man of the future,” the statement said. (GBN)
