passed a no confidence vote on President Muhammadu Buhari, saying his
administration had failed to decisively tackle the herdsmen's pogrom
currently threatening the corporate existence of the nation.
The body also opposed the establishment of cattle colonies across the
federation, pointing out that the move was tantamount to creating the
colonies for the "foreigners to continue to wage unrelenting war
against innocent Nigerians.
The chapter secretary, Rev. (Dr.) Sunday Ibrahim, during a briefing
yesterday in Kaduna, called on the electorate to vote credible persons
at the 2019 elections. Speaking while receiving the leadership of the
state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ibrahim said
government had failed in delivering governance.
His words: "The Federal Government has consistently told us that these
Fulani herdsmen attackers are foreigners. They said the attackers are
members of the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWA), who are on a jihad
mission.
"If that is true, it then means that the government of Nigeria has
failed us. But we are saying that enough of this bloodshed in our
land."
On the 2019 polls: he said: "Nigerians must be prepared to vote
credible people and not people that will continue to tell us lies when
they get there. Voting pattern this time around should be based on
individual performances and not on party platform.
"Again, politicians must learn from the 2015 experience. Whoever wins
should be allowed to lead and whoever loses must accept defeat in good
faith.
"Today we have a lot of hunger in the land, Nigerians are suffering
and our leaders seem to be comfortable with what is happening. What we
need in 2019 is a complete shift from what we are having now and the
only way to do it is for Nigerians to obtain the Permanent Voters'
Cards (PVCs) and use it appropriately when the time comes."
On the clashes between herdsmen and farmers nationwide, Ibrahim
condemned the attitude of the federal and state governments in the
handling of the situation, adding that the nation had shared enough
blood to bring the pogrom to an end.
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