Zoning of speakership: APC leaders’ stalemate dangerous – Kwankwaso

Outgoing Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, now senator-elect, is, perhaps, one of the few governors who have built a solid political structure to outlast him. In a rare display of political sagacity, he has handed over the reins of power to his deputy in election that saw Kano deliver the highest votes to the APC thereby helping to change the political configuration in Nigeria.

 

*Kwankwaso

In this interview, Kwankwaso justifies his decision to stand by Muhammadu Buhari to defeat incumbent President Jonathan and his party, the PDP in the March 28 presidential poll. He also says that the allegation of under-aged voters in Kano during the election is mere conjecture. Excerpts:

By Soni Daniel,

Regional Editor, North

How do you see the outcome of the presidential and governorship elections across the country?

The success of the All Progressives Congress in the elections is the success of this country and the success of our brothers and sisters across the world. We have to say that the elections, especially the ones of March 28 have gone a long way to bring quality change in this country even before the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, is sworn-in.  I am sure you have seen how the Naira has appreciated, you must have seen how the stock market has improved in the past few weeks because of the victory of Buhari; I think that is a good sign for this country.  I am sure that when the president in inaugurated, he will do whatever it takes to get the politics right and, by doing that, many other things-like security, economy and corruption-to name but a few, will be taken care of in order to give Nigerians a new lease of life and move the country forward.

So we feel very happy that things are happening positively and I am also happy that the election came and went peacefully and were generally accepted as credible by the international and local observers except in some states.

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