In light of heightened worries about the credibility of the 2019 presidential election, the presidency said the last thing the Buhari's administration wants is rigging assuring Nigerians that Mr. President considers good legacy very important.
“I’m surprised that this president has been with you for three and a half years and yet you do not seem to know him. If anybody would rig election or anything, it will not be president Muhammadu Buhari. He would rather even prefer to lose fair and square, said Femi Adesina during a programme on ARISE TV on Tuesday.
The President's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, added, “He has even said it before that if the only thing he would leave as a legacy for Nigeria is free and fair election, he would do it. Forget that the election would be rigged, that will not happen.”
Countering the main opposition's claims that the administration's policy plan dubbed the ‘Next Level’ document “failed to articulate any solutions,” Adesina said, “PDP is down and will remain there for a very long time so I’d rather not talk about them.
“The Next Level is about deepening what is happening in the country. It’s about consolidating on what has been done and what is been done; its about making progress and advancing on what we are doing now. That is the sum total of it.
“A lot of Nigerians believe in what this administration is doing, they have faith, they have confidence, they have hope that the administration will take Nigerians to the place it deserves to be.
“The work in progress will continue and if you look at the documents that were released, you’ll see additional focal areas.
“So in the next dispensation and by the goodwill of Nigerians who will re-elect the current administration, these three focal areas (security, economy and infrastructure) will continue to receive attention and there will be additional ones as you’ve seen in the documents.”
SaharaReporters reported that Adesina denounced the PDP's emphasis on the recent indictment of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in the approval of N5.8 billion allegedly mismanaged by the the Director General of (NEMA) saying “It is more of a political thing rather than something grounded in facts and truth.