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Ahead of the 2015 polls, the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and All Progressives Congress, APC, President Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari were on Saturday urged to base their campaigns on issues.
A cross section of the people that spoke at separate interviews to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Abuja, appealed to the contestants not to use foul language.
They said that the presidential candidates should base their campaigns on issues rather than resorting to insult each other.
According to them, the two political figures must keep to the rule of law as outlined by the Electoral Act.
Mr Anacletus Afiko, a civil servant said the country’s democracy had moved from being nascent to a developed one, adding that "the politicians must be seen to grow with similar speed".
"What we want is a president that can be accessible and be our friend,’’ he said.
Mallam Abdullahi Michi, a car dealer in Nyanya, said that the 2015 campaigns should be devoid of abuse and direct defamation of the characters of the two personalities.
"Buhari should know better, having served as Military Head of State; and Jonathan as sitting President that the sanctity of Nigeria should be uppermost and not the position,’’ he said.
He further said that the camp of the two contestants should ensure that their bosses were not instigated to throw caution to the wind.
"We need peace and development, violence only breeds retrogression and pain,’’ Michi said.
Mrs Janet Achadu, a teacher, said both candidates must ensure that their promises were achievable, adding that Nigerians are maturing very fast and they are beginning to decipher the capacities of their political leaders.
"As for me, our leaders should form the right synergy to take the country from the wood like it is done in the U.S., where former presidents are handy to assist the incumbent,’’ she said.
She further said that the processes leading to the 2015 general election had been peaceful so far, adding that Jonathan and Buhari should not deviate from that path.
#Jonathan #Buhari #APC #PDP
A cross section of the people that spoke at separate interviews to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Abuja, appealed to the contestants not to use foul language.
They said that the presidential candidates should base their campaigns on issues rather than resorting to insult each other.
According to them, the two political figures must keep to the rule of law as outlined by the Electoral Act.
Mr Anacletus Afiko, a civil servant said the country’s democracy had moved from being nascent to a developed one, adding that "the politicians must be seen to grow with similar speed".
"What we want is a president that can be accessible and be our friend,’’ he said.
Mallam Abdullahi Michi, a car dealer in Nyanya, said that the 2015 campaigns should be devoid of abuse and direct defamation of the characters of the two personalities.
"Buhari should know better, having served as Military Head of State; and Jonathan as sitting President that the sanctity of Nigeria should be uppermost and not the position,’’ he said.
He further said that the camp of the two contestants should ensure that their bosses were not instigated to throw caution to the wind.
"We need peace and development, violence only breeds retrogression and pain,’’ Michi said.
Mrs Janet Achadu, a teacher, said both candidates must ensure that their promises were achievable, adding that Nigerians are maturing very fast and they are beginning to decipher the capacities of their political leaders.
"As for me, our leaders should form the right synergy to take the country from the wood like it is done in the U.S., where former presidents are handy to assist the incumbent,’’ she said.
She further said that the processes leading to the 2015 general election had been peaceful so far, adding that Jonathan and Buhari should not deviate from that path.
#Jonathan #Buhari #APC #PDP