We’ll work on Buhari for 2019 – Minister

By Abdullahi M. Gulloma Abuja

Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu yesterday acknowledged that subtle move to get President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019 has commenced.

He, however, said the president was yet to make up his mind on his presidential bid. Addressing State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the president, Shittu said he had already been appointed national chairman of the Board of Trustees of Muhammadu Buhari/ Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group that would champion the president’s re-election bid. According to him, the group would inaugurate its South-west zonal office on January 20.

The minister told journalists that there’s no question on the president’s seeking a second term in office because he has done well so far. “It goes without saying. I mean if you have a child who goes to primary school and he does well, he proceeds to secondary school and he does well, and you keep asking if he will be going to university.

It goes without saying. “By the grace of God, we his (Buhari’s) ardent supporters who appreciate his worth on behalf of millions of Nigerians would urge him to re-contest.

I know he has not made up his mind but I can say that some of us can assist him in making up his mind so that Nigerians can continue to enjoy stability and progress in our land,” he said.

According to him, since coming to office, the president’s daily activities were geared towards letting Nigerians know that they have a saviour, rescuer and somebody that’s committed to providing relief for Nigerians in all respects.

“In the area of fighting corruption, insurgency, whether in the North-east or the Niger Delta; in the area of repairing the economy and providing jobs and providing social stability in the society. You will agree with me that today, but for Buhari, Boko Haram would have invaded even Lagos,” he said.

 

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