Political Campaigns: Easy does it Says Presidency

The Nigeria’s Presidency has advised the masses campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari currently on how to go about expressing their love without jumping the gun.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, the Presidency appreciated the massive supports being given to the administration but said chronicling the achievements should the major focus now while the main campaigns be launched fully when the time for campaigns, as slated by time table of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is ripe.

The statement read in full: “It has been observed that some fervent supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari have begun what may be interpreted as political campaigns in their advocacies and advertisements in the mass media.

“We appreciate their enthusiasm, borne out of desire to garner support for an administration that is actuated by nothing else, other than service for motherland, but we hereby appeal for patience, so that the game can be played according to the rules.

“The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a timetable for political campaigns, and we urge committed supporters round the country (and beyond) to be mindful of such.

“There will be ample time ahead to trumpet the good works of the Buhari administration, and solicit re-election, all for the good of our country and her people.

“While a chronicle of the achievements of the administration is in order now, outright canvassing may amount to jumping the gun. We are an administration committed to due process and scrupulous respect for rules, law and order.

“We appreciate our massive supporters nationwide, and urge them to exercise restraint till the race commences officially as stipulated by law.”