TheCable

Julius Abure, national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), says Nigeria cannot be handed over to “sick leaders” in 2023.

Abure said this on Saturday during the LP presidential campaign flag-off in Lafia, the Nasarawa capital.

The LP chairman said the challenges faced by the country is as a result of poor leadership.

“All the challenges we have been having in the country is zeroed down to leadership problem,” he said.

“Our presidential candidate no dey go hospital; he is strong. Our presidential candidate no dey sick; the vice-presidential candidate no dey sick.

“Today, the country is sick. It is sick from insecurity; it is sick from unemployment; the economy is not working.

“If you put everything together, the country is sick and we cannot hand it over to sick people.

“We need vibrant, young, energetic people who can be awake day and night to solve the problems of the country and we have that person.

“We also need somebody who has character, integrity — somebody that will not take our money abroad.”

The LP chairman’s comment comes amid concerns raised over President Muhammadu Buhari’s repeated visits to the United Kingdom (UK) for health-related reasons.

Meanwhile, TheCable had reported that as of April 2021, the president had spent a total of 171 days on medical vacation in the UK.