I am too old for presidency-Falae

 Former Presidential candidate of Alliance for Democracy, Samuel Oluyemisi Falae CFR, has tagged the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, as a failure following its inability to tackle the litany of endemic problems plaguing the country.
Falae, who spoke during a press conference to unveil a critical mass movement of political parties, association and civil society organisations, Credible Alternative Alliance (CAA) in Abuja, however ruled himself out of the 2015 Presidential election contest, arguing that at 76 years he’s too old to contest.
Announcing that he would support any younger candidate vying for the position of president to upstage the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan, he insisted that the present government has failed Nigerians.
His words: “The current government has failed to perform and deal with the endemic problems prevalent in Nigeria like poverty, unemployment, insecurity, insurgency etc. From administration to the other, they are two sides of same coin. It has been the same incompetent, culture of rigging, lack of philosophy or competent manifesto.”
“So, people say, where do we go and what do we do? That was how we brought this alliance, Credible Alternative Alliance (CAA) as the alternative to lead these two none performing parties. We have read our programmes and philosophy and back them with our track records and credibility,” he noted.
Asked why he wants to exonerate himself from the corrupt system, the political heavyweight, argued: “I was part of the system but certainly not part of the corrupt system.”
“All my life, I have stood for what is right and proper, I have stood for integrity and principle. Recall that late General Sani Abacha detained me for two years even when I was his colleague in the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida military administration.

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