Niger state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has applauded the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election in the 2019 general election.
According to Bello, the President’s decision has rekindled hope and reassured Nigerians that the restoration agenda, the war against corruption and enthronement of good governance for the country will sail safely to coast.
The President declared his intention to contest the presidential election next year to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday.
In a statement signed by his Coordinator, Media and Publicity, Mr. Jide Orintunsin, the Governor commended the decision of the President stating that the President’s pronouncement has rekindled the hope of average Nigerians for a better tomorrow.
“It was so heart warming when Mr. President today told members of the national executive committee (NEC) of our great party of his intention to seek re-election. This is the brightest moment for our country.
A moment that has rekindled the hope of our people. A moment that has reaffirmed that all the good works, the good initiatives of Mr. President that saw us out of economic recession the country was plunged into, by mismanagement of past administrations will now be sustained to take us to the desired enviable position among the community of nations.
“By this pronouncement, President Muhammadu Buhari has exhibited a high sense of a good leadership. He has shown that he listens to the yearnings of millions of Nigerians who called on him to continue the good work he started since 2015. He would have dashed the hope of teeming Nigerians, especially the younger ones who are looking up to him, if he has turned down this call to serve.”
Governor Bello then called on Nigerians to drum support for the President, declaring that the nation cannot afford to go back to the dark days of extravagance and impunity.
“The onus is now on all good and well meaning Nigerians to rally round our President and ensure that the reactionary forces of the opposition and agents of doom are not allowed to dash the much cherished hope we all have in the new emerging Nigeria by doing the needful during the next general elections.
“We cannot afford to go back to the dark days of extravagance and impunity. President Muhammadu Buhari has changed the game, he has brought sanity to governance, the war against insurgency is nearing logical conclusion and our economy is improving.
Posterity will not forgive us as a people if we allow this golden opportunity to slip off our hands. Mr. President has declared, we have to do the needful as a people by supporting him,” Gov. Sani Bello advised.
