President Buhari relies on credibility while Atiku, his wealth – Balarabe Musa
The Chairman, Board of Trustee of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) and former Governor of Kaduna State Alhaji Balarabe Musa has noted that President Muhammadu Buhari relies on his credibility to win his second tenure in office, while Alhaji Atiku Abubakar relies on his wealth.
He also said that despite the glaring failure of President Muhammadu Buhari, he is still better than the former vice president and now Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
According to the elder statesman, “Buhari relies on his credibility only but what about Atiku? He relies only on his wealth. Buhari’s level of power to decide as an individual is very limited and you can use democratic process to control him whether he likes it or not.
But how can you control Atiku who is so wealthy and with the forces behind him. This is why I said it’s better to rely on Buhari despite his failure”.
Speaking to journalistst in Kaduna on Wednesday, the former Governor that there is no doubt that President Buhari has failed Nigerians; he opined that Atiku Abubakar will fail even more if elected in 2019 saying that the choice between Buhari and Abubakar is a question of a choice between “two devils”.
He said the forces backing Atiku, which include former presidents, will not allow him rule well if he wins the Presidential ticket in the 2019 general election as all the wanted is to see that President Buhari is defeated.
He said: “Buhari has failed but Atiku will fail even more because of Atiku’s connection with some forces among them former presidents who are on the root of the rot we are now facing in this country.
“For Atiku to align with these forces for whatever reason is more dangerous than Buhari’s Presidency because, all they have to tell Nigerians is that they want to defeat Buhari but is that all Nigerians want to know?
“Nigerians want to know what is the qualitative and demonstrative character and differences between Atiku and Buhari and between APC and PDP. It’s a question of choice between two devils.
So the only thing is that if we are faced with such a situation and we can’t have a credible alternative like we had when former President Badamasi Babangida established two political parties.
“If we have such situation today, then it’s better to support Buhari because he is a lesser problem to Atiku because with his (Atiku)’s riches and the support of those forces, we will have a greater task in handling him”, he said.
When asked if Alhaji Atiku’s business experience can help revive Nigeria’s economy, Alhaji Musa said the country does not need a business man to control its destiny saying; “It’s the question of private enterprise versus public enterprise.
If we really don’t want to risk this economy, then we have to rely on the state to lead the economy.
“We can’t take up the economy by depending on private enterprise. What is the character of Nigeria’s private enterprise? It was created not even by the colonialists.
It’s created by corruption and it was when the military came that we have these corrupt private enterprises”, he stated.
