“Obama is 48 and Cameron is 43 for God’s sake. So, why are we recycling leaders that ruled this country very well or very badly 25 years ago?
"I was 25 years old when Buhari and Babangida were Heads-of-State and I am now 50 and they still want to be Head-of-State.
"I was 25 years old when Buhari and Babangida were Heads-of-State and I am now 50 and they still want to be Head-of-State.
I don’t understand that. I don’t understand that at all and I call on the young people of Nigeria to take their future into their hands and ensure that in the next election, they vote for a new generation of leaders.
"Many of these young people, the next generation, as they are called, are on internet services such as Facebook and Twitter, using Blackberry; and if you ask any of these people running for Presidency, they will think that Blackberry is a fruit.
"People like General Babangida and General Buhari should just disappear. They should give way to a new set of people with new ideas."– Nasir El-Rufai, incumbent Governor of Kaduna State, September 30, 2010. #HistoryVille
