Resign, go now! You don’t need to wait until 2023 – Baba Ahmed tells Buhari

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign and hand over to his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

Baba-Ahmed advised President Buhari to resign right away because the country appears not be making any headway in many fronts.

The latest call by the NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy for the president to resign came in the wake of Buhari’s confession that governance was tough and that he was eager to leave office.

Buhari bared his mind when he played host to some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, legislators and chieftains at his Daura home in Katsina, where he noted that he had less than a year in office, and would do his best in the remaining months.

“I wish the person who is coming after me the very best. I am eager to go. I can tell you it has been tough,” he had said.

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But Baba-Ahmed in a tweet told him that it was not too late to throw in the towel.

“President Buhari told APC Govs that he is looking forward to the end of his tenure, saying it has been tough.

“Who would remind him that he does not need to wait until May 29th, 2023? Who will tell him it looks like things will only get tougher?” he tweeted.

Responding to a Twitter user who said Buhari “doesn’t listen to mad men”, the former permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “Please tell him yourself. You will be doing us all a great favour. Remind him, he is elected to perform governance functions like protecting citizens.

“If he will not, or cannot, he can yield the office to his Vice until 2023. Then he can start resting now. That’s how it works.”

The Northern Elders Forum had on several occasions called on President Buhari to resign, saying he had failed in the two critical areas of security and economy, stressing that he had nothing new to offer Nigerians.