The Buhari Support Group, Enugu State chapter, on Monday hailed the President’s decision to seek renewal of his mandate in 2019.
BSO described Buhari’s decision as a launching-pad for the progress and prosperity of Nigeria.
DAILY POST reports that the President had at a closed-door meeting of the National Executive Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), put to rest speculations about his political future.
The President said he was responding to the clamour by Nigerians to re-contest in 2019, adding that he wanted to give the NEC the honour of notifying them first.
Shortly before making the declaration, the President presented a speech on the report submitted by the APC National Executive Technical Committee.
Reacting, the Enugu BSO said in a statement signed by its chairman, Chief Anike Nwoga, that Buhari’s open declaration “is a launching pad for the progress and prosperity of our dear fatherland, a country whose growth has been stunted by infrastructure deficit.”
Nwoga stated that “our celebration is not only because he has paged and reaffirmed the ardent appeal which Nigerian compatriots had canvassed long time ago; but for the truism that his 2nd Term will consolidate the critical and massive infrastructural foundation he is laying.
“BSO Enugu State Chapter rates the Buhari’s Roads,Rails, Agric and Power (RRAP) Projects as the most massive infrastructural development in the annals of the history of Nigeria, ever embarked by one regime. The Buhari’s RRAP Projects of 3-5 years completion cycle, comprises of 5,000 kilometers federal roads, 5,000 kilometers standard gauge rail lines, agrarian revolution and additional 5,000 megawatts of electricity.”
“For the avoidance of doubt we were anxious and apprehensive and we understand that the international community, friends of Nigeria and foreign investors were apprehensive as well. We can now state that all are relieved with his 2nd Term declaration, which will guarantee the consolidation of the RRAP Projects, a veritable template for sustainable economic development in Nigeria,” he further stated.
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