Why Jonathan lost to Buhari – Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi speaks

Emir of Kano and former CBN governor,
Muhammadu Sanusi II says President
Jonathan lost the Presidential election
because many people were not happy
with him and his PDP-led government.
In an interview with Punch , the Emir
said h
igh level of poverty in the nation
played a deciding factor in the voting
pattern in this year's election. He said
the PDP had in previous elections
consistently lost in areas that President
Obasanjo had majority of votes when he
contested.
"I think in 2011, it was very
clear that Jonathan had lost
many states in the North that
had previously been won by
former President Olusegun
Obasanjo. And it was clear that
there was a general sense by
people of the Federal
Government not investing in the
areas where there is a high level
of poverty. I believe more and
more of those states began to
feel that sense of not feeling
the federal presence and not
feeling the impact of democracy
in their pockets. And I think it is
extremely important for people
to connect with the government
and when you have such
conditions after 16 years of
democracy, it was natural that
people would want to have a
change and I think this is
basically what has happened. I
don’t think it is something about
an individual, I think it is
something that has been going
on for a number of years and
you could see the states won by
the PDP in 1999 and what they
won in 2003, what they won in
2007, 2011 and you would begin
to see the changes in the way
Nigerians were responding so it
was a matter of time.”he said