Buhari's popularity will ensure victory for APC in 2019 general elections - Lawmaker
- The lawmaker representing Chanchaga federal constituency in the House of Reps, Umar Bago, has said President Muhammadu Buhari would coast home to victory come 2019
- He said the 2019 general elections would be a victory for the president as a result of his popularity
- Bago said Buhari is still the greatest political force in the country
Umar Bago (APC-Niger) on Thursday, May 31, expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari’s popularity would win the 2019 presidential elections for the All Progressives Party (APC).
The lawmaker said that Buhari still enjoys the love of eligible Nigerians, adding that the president remains the greatest political force in Nigeria in terms of followership and massive support.
Legit.ng notes that Bago said: ”Mr President has amassed a cult-like followership, especially among youths and women, irrespective of religious, ethnic, tribal and political differences."
The lawmaker advised the president to remain focused on the ongoing fight against corruption, insurgency, cattle rustling, militancy and restoration of economic growth. He said Nigerians expected much from the the present administration to re-position the country for optimal growth.
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The lawmaker said: ”I urge Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari, saying his strong political will would revive our nation’s economy for optimal growth."
He said that the current socio-economic and insecurity challenges faced by Nigerians was a direct consequence of the mismanagement of the economy by the past administration, adding that the massive looting of public funds under the watch of that administration was purely responsible for the prevailing predicaments.
The lawmaker, who is representing Chanchaga federal constituency, explained that the diversification of the country’s economy was showing good results. "Mr President is aggressively formulating and implementing policies aimed at diversifying Nigeria’s economy from oil to mining and agriculture," he added.
Bago called on Nigerians to continue to support and cooperate with the administration with prayers for God’s intervention in the nation’s affairs.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the minister of labour, Chris Ngige, on Thursday, April 26, in Enugu declared that President Muhammadu Buhari would win the 2019 presidential elections.
Ngige noted that if President Buhari wins a second tenure in 2019, it follows consequentially that by 2023, the southeast would be the only zone that has not tasted the power.
Ngige recalled that in 2014, he looked at the permutations on ground and the fact that in every election from 2003 to 2011, Buhari secured 12 million votes in the north and with the major opposition parties and concluded that he would win the 2015 elections and it eventually came to pass.
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Source: Legit.ng
