By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said he's an empirical politician who deals with grassroots mobilisation and not a social media politician.
Kwankwaso made this declaration when he arrived in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital, to lunch his campaign office. He said he can transform Nigeria's economy and bring stability back to the country.
According to him, “I am not a social media politician, I'm a practical politician. You see, our strategy normally is to allow people to continue to underrate us. Our politics is underground, not in the air. People could see and touch our supporters and these are committed supporters.
“People who very much believe in our ideology, people who believe that if we are given the opportunity, we will change many things in the country for the better, know that we are on ground politically. Therefore, they also believe that if we get the position, the country will be a better place. That is why you see so many people everywhere in the country showing solidarity for our candidature", he said.
Kwankwaso who is a former governor of Kano state, added that some months back, many persons disputed the party’s chances of going into the next year’s general elections. He, however, said the circumstance is now distinct.
In his words, “Seven months ago when we agreed to join this party, many people guessed we were not going anywhere. But by the Grace of God, in this country today, everybody know us.”
He further explained that he joined the presidential race because Nigerians no longer acknowledge President Buhari's administration and the widespread misery the masses have suffered. He stated that that is what has given him the of the courage to go forward. NNL.
