Bashir Ahmad, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, has compared the Labour Party to Andrew Liver Salt, a popular laxative and antacid used to treat mild stomach upset.
To Kwankwaso, the Labour Party’s popularity is just like Andrews liver salts, the presidential aide wrote on his Twitter page on Thursday morning.
To Kwankwaso, the Labour Party’s popularity is just like Andrews liver salts. 😂
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) January 19, 2023
Ahmad’s controversial remark came just hours after the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, slammed the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, during an interview at the Chatham House in London on Wednesday.
WITHIN NIGERIA previously reported how Kwankwaso stated that he is a Ph.D. holder and not a trader, emphasizing that he has more experience to take on the Nigerian leadership job after working in the system for over 30 years.
The former Kano State Governor boasted that he had been in the civil service for 17 years, that he was deputy speaker of the house in 1992, and that he was also a senator.
He stated that he is willing to engage any other candidate who has better qualifications than him, arguing that competence, not sentiment, should be used to select Nigeria’s next President.
In his words;
I’m a PhD holder in civil engineering. I check your candidate for what he has. I have been in the system for over 30 years now. I was a civil servant for 17 years. I wasn’t a trader.
I was deputy speaker of the house in 1992; I was in the constitutional conference elected delegates. I was governor of Kano state for eight years. I was in the Senate. If anyone wants Kwankwaso to withdraw, let’s bring criteria and select the best
Anytime I have a better candidate, I’m ready to talk to him. If you have a party which is based on ethnicity and religion — that is the difference between the Labour Party and our party, which is a national party.