2023: Kwankwaso mocks Atiku, Tinubu says he's more qualified to be president
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso has mocked his main rivals Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), saying he is better qualified than the two to be the President of Nigeria.
He said he has a doctorate, which the other applicants don't.
He said that with his experience in government, he had more reason to challenge than the "others".
Mr. Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State, said so during an interview with Alfijir Radio in Katsina on Tuesday.
The NNPP candidate said he was in Katsina State to sympathize with the family of Dahiru Mangal following the death of his brother, Bashir Mangal, the CEO of Max Airline.
Atiku, a retired Nigeria Customs Service officer, served as the country's vice president from 1999 to 2007. He has two degrees and is also said to have a master's degree in international relations.
Mr. Tinubu is an accountant by training and was governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007. He had previously served as a senator under the Third Republic.
When the interviewer asked him to indicate who was the better candidate between Atiku and Mr. Tinubu, Mr. Kwankwaso instead replied that he was better than both.
He mocked Atiku for being vice president, saying the job was just a "spare tire".
"…. I repeat to myself that if someone among the two (Tinubu and Atiku) and even those you did not mention, is better than me in diplomas… For example, we talk about diplomas and you quote people who don't even know if they went to high school...
"And someone has a degree. I have a Ph.D. I'm a civil engineer, a water engineer by training and spent 17 years on dams, working and connecting water to people of Kano State before joining politics.
"Now, I've been in politics for thirty years and I've held various positions. If you ask them now, they'll say, 'I was governor, I was vice president. That one...is that that the job of vice president is serious? A spare tire, what would you do without the required experience?" he said.
Mr. Kwankwaso also mocked Mr Tinubu for not answering questions put to him at Chatham House in London recently.
He said he was different "from a presidential candidate who went and failed to show up and let his boys do it."
Mr. Tinubu was recently at Chatham House where he answered four questions and allowed some members of his campaign team to answer the remaining four questions.
READ ALSO: Kwankwaso unveils its manifesto and presents its position on restructuring, education and security
Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State and former Governor of Ekiti State Kayode Fayemi were among Mr Tinubu's allies who answered questions on his behalf at the forum.
When told by the presenter that this might be Mr. Tinubu's style, Mr. Kwankwaso replied, "No, please, it's not like that. If you're so...
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso has mocked his main rivals Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), saying he is better qualified than the two to be the President of Nigeria.
He said he has a doctorate, which the other applicants don't.
He said that with his experience in government, he had more reason to challenge than the "others".
Mr. Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State, said so during an interview with Alfijir Radio in Katsina on Tuesday.
The NNPP candidate said he was in Katsina State to sympathize with the family of Dahiru Mangal following the death of his brother, Bashir Mangal, the CEO of Max Airline.
Atiku, a retired Nigeria Customs Service officer, served as the country's vice president from 1999 to 2007. He has two degrees and is also said to have a master's degree in international relations.
Mr. Tinubu is an accountant by training and was governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007. He had previously served as a senator under the Third Republic.
When the interviewer asked him to indicate who was the better candidate between Atiku and Mr. Tinubu, Mr. Kwankwaso instead replied that he was better than both.
He mocked Atiku for being vice president, saying the job was just a "spare tire".
"…. I repeat to myself that if someone among the two (Tinubu and Atiku) and even those you did not mention, is better than me in diplomas… For example, we talk about diplomas and you quote people who don't even know if they went to high school...
"And someone has a degree. I have a Ph.D. I'm a civil engineer, a water engineer by training and spent 17 years on dams, working and connecting water to people of Kano State before joining politics.
"Now, I've been in politics for thirty years and I've held various positions. If you ask them now, they'll say, 'I was governor, I was vice president. That one...is that that the job of vice president is serious? A spare tire, what would you do without the required experience?" he said.
Mr. Kwankwaso also mocked Mr Tinubu for not answering questions put to him at Chatham House in London recently.
He said he was different "from a presidential candidate who went and failed to show up and let his boys do it."
Mr. Tinubu was recently at Chatham House where he answered four questions and allowed some members of his campaign team to answer the remaining four questions.
READ ALSO: Kwankwaso unveils its manifesto and presents its position on restructuring, education and security
Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State and former Governor of Ekiti State Kayode Fayemi were among Mr Tinubu's allies who answered questions on his behalf at the forum.
When told by the presenter that this might be Mr. Tinubu's style, Mr. Kwankwaso replied, "No, please, it's not like that. If you're so...
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