A former Minister of Education and the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has described the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Siamese twins of failure.
The APC and PDP are Siamese twins of failure”, she declared.
The ex-World Bank boss said this while declaring formally for the presidential race in Lagos on Monday.
Ezekwesili indicted President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration as corrupt saying the president shielding corrupt individuals in his cabinet.
She said Nigeria could simply not afford to continue under the atmosphere of “unsustainable failure” come 2019.
She described 2019 as a moment to terminate bad leadership, retire incompetent leaders and not chose ‘anyone but Buhari’.
Ezekwesili, who described the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party as a single party fielding one candidate she called ‘Butiku’, said Nigerians needed to reject their candidates no matter the ‘packaging’.
She said, “What is the primary legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari? It is the destruction of our nation’s wealth, presiding over the worst economic recession Nigeria has seen in decades.
“And in the midst of this, his Vice-President was celebrating last week at the Nigeria Economic Summit that handing bailouts to state governors to pay salaries is an achievement. What a big shame!
“There is no shadow of a doubt that President Buhari is the most parochial, most nepotistic and most partisan President that Nigeria has ever seen.”
