President Muhammadu BuhariNo fewer than 7,000 delegates to the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have unanimously thumbed up for the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2019 election for another term of four years..
Delegates from the 36 states of the country and the FCT, who attended the convention that was held today, Saturday at the Eagle Square in Abuja, affirmed their confidence in the leadership of President Buhari and asked him to continue.
Among those who were at the convention, which held at about 8.00 pm today, (Saturday, are Vice President Yemi, National leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senate leader, Ahmed Lawan, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.
Others are former Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie Onegin, former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, state governors, former governors, including Emmanuel Uduaghan (who did two terms of eight years in Delta State on the plat of the Peoples Democratic Party ); Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State then and others.
Commenting on the outcome of the convention, a Senator representing Katsina State Central Area, Senator Sheri Sani said that the support given to the President across the country is a vote of confidence on his ability to pull the nation out of the wood.
He expressed confidence that despite the challenges facing the party, the President has the overwhelming support to win the 2019 general election.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political matters, Gideon Zamani praised the President for his efforts at rebuilding the country and that the overwhelming endorsement of the President by Nigerians is a vote of confidence on his leadership.
Zamani said that President Buhari has, in the last three and half years ,been able to stabilise the Nigerian economy, creating an enabling environment for Nigerians to engage in meaningful business.
He gave example of the Anchor borrower program which he said has transformed the agricultural sector, turning Nigerian farmers into multi millionaires.
He said that Nigerians will not regret giving the President a second opportunity to consolidate on the programmes which he has started adding that his reelection will give him the opportunity to consolidate the anti corruption crusade.
