2019: SDP Tasks Buhari on Free, Fair, Credible Polls
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party ( SDP), Chief Olu Falae has counseled the President Muhammadu Buhari government to consider the security and unity of the nation’s ethnic nationalities a priority, against his return to power, by ensuring a free, fair and credible election in the country in the first quarter of the New Year.
This was contained in his New Year message to all Nigerians across the globe, issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary/Director of Media and Publicity of the presidential campaign team, Alhaji Alfa Mohammed.
Chief Falae in the message of a peaceful and prosperous new year observed that “our strength of mutual understanding and co-existence that made us rise and live together in peace and unity has been greatly erroded by misgovernance and lackadaisical attitude of our past leaders towards addressing fundamental national questions.”
He urged Buhari to jettison his personal interest for the national and collective interest of Nigerians for the good of all.
While lamenting the massive killings of Nigerian soldiers fighting insurgency in the North-East, he urged Nigerians to pray fervently for the country against the looming anarchy.
According to him, “as a party, we are saddened that our soldiers like our civilians compatriots are being decimated by what some people tagged rag tag Boko Haram insurgents and herds men
“All these we look forward to quick end. We call on the citizens to intensify prayers to God to guide those in power and imbued them with the capacity and wisdom to tackle the nation’s challenges and avert the looming anarchy,”.
The SDP National Chairman who expressed optimism that the New Year would usher in, the fulfilment of the aspirations of Nigerians, urged the citizenry to cast their votes for the right presidential candidate during the election.
