Alhaji Tanko Yunusa, Chairman, NCP says President Buhari has right for re- election
2019: Nigerians should decide if President Buhari is the Answer, Says Tanko
Following rabid reactions in the media to reports that supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari have again started Buhari’s re- election bid, the National Chairman of National Conscience Party NCP), Alhaji Tanko Yunusa, has said Nigerians should be allowed to decide if President Buhari is their best candidate for 2019 Presidential election.
In an interview yesterday, Tanko however said that President Buhari’s administration has failed to manage Nigeria’s economy properly, resulting in the economic hardship in the country. But he said politicians should stop crying foul over the possibility of Buhari contesting 2019 elections.
“Nigerians are the ones who should decide if Buhari has served them well or not. If ‘Yes’ is their answer, they will vote for him in 2019. But if their answer is ‘No’, they will vote him out. I do not see the reason why some people should be crying foul over the possibility of his contesting the 2019 Presidential election.
However, this administration has not done well in area of the economy. There economy is bad. If the government had tried to improve the economy, the economic situation of the country would have been better. But that is left for the people to decide”, Alhaji Tako said.
Reports say strong indications have emerged that Buhari would seek re-election in the 2019 general elections. Buhari’s supporters, under the aegis of the Buhari Support Organisations (BSO), yesterday opened Buhari’s campaign office in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and beckoned on him to seek a second term of four years.
Among the people who attended the meeting were Governors Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi); Yahaya Bello (Kogi) and Simon Lalong (Plateau); Ministers of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mohammed Bello; Defence, Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali; Niger Delta, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani; and Minister of State for Health, Osagie Ehanire, as well as Chairman of the occasion, Senator Olorunimbe Mamora, among many others.
On Friday, the National Committee of the Buhari Support Group, (NCBSG) led by Senator Abu Ibrahim, visited President Muhammed Buhari at the State House and promised him to “strive and mobilise young Nigerians to become drivers of the CHANGE administration’s programmes and achievements”.
The group assured the Nigeria’s President, Buhari, that they had a massive, diverse, grassroots base, which would enable them deliver on the support agenda.
It is not clear yet whether the President would seek re-election in Nigeria’s general election in 2019. Neither Buhari nor his political party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) has made a categorical statement on that. What is clear however, is that some of Buhari’s supporters, including former and serving governors are already prodding the 74-year-old retired Military General to seek re-election.