National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has admitted that President Muhammadu Buhari is no longer popular like he was during the 2015 general election.

“All governments worldwide in between terms lose some degree of popularity; no question about that,” he told Punch.

“We are having harsh economic times, no question about that and that does not increase the popularity of any government. It only diminishes it to some extent. What is different is that, in our case, in spite of the harsh economic realities, the people still have full confidence, trust.

“I think that is the proper word, in President Buhari, that he will do his very best to improve their lot and I think the proof of that was the reaction to the threatened strikes by the labour unions. You can see that even though people are unhappy, they refused to come out because they understood.

“They are in pain but they understood why the pain was there and they trusted the President that he was doing everything within his power to ameliorate their pain. So yes, there is a lot of grumbling all over the place, but also there is a lot of trust in Mr. President”, he added.

On internal crisis in some states, including Kano, Bayelsa and Kogi, Oyegun said APC was attending to each of them.

“In vevery case, we are making progress. Bayelsa should be concluded in a matter of weeks. Kano is basically a personality thing and we’ve got everybody to sheathe their swords for now.

“And I think that has happened. Kano has cooled off. We also have issues in Kogi State which we are also attending to. That is the only way you know a government that is in power.

“If we were in opposition, there won’t be skirmishes in these states because there would be nothing to skirmish over but since we are in power, people are still struggling for relative importance within the system with an eye on tomorrow.

“These things are normal, they are expected but we’ve developed that habit of democratic consultation and reconciliation and it is working”, he added.



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The man was never popular in the South. Tinubu and Amaechi repackaged him and sold to some gullible ones in the South. This miracle of electing a vindictive dullard by supposedly smart ones will never happen in this country again. NEVER

He was never popular in the first place

I must rule by fire by force, oya rule us e don tire you already. You never see something

Who even trust this govt before?
Oyegun please how so far has been release for the budget or 'no money'?
Thus govt was not voted for by the 95% to fund efcc and DSS alone o!

Wind don blow fowl yansh open.

AngelAhnie:
He was never popular in the first place

I must rule by fire by force, oya rule us e don tire you already. You never see something

I Agree, an Unpopular guy defeated your god and Hero GEJ...

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diegwu01:

I Agree, an Unpopular guy defeated your god and Hero GEJ...

cowadr

Exactly. Every sane mind knows the dullard has nothing to offer, Even in the north, The scales have fallen off their eyes. Buhari has been demystified, Everyone now knows him for the failure that he is.

diegwu01:

I Agree, an Unpopular guy defeated your god and Hero GEJ...

Because you lots are so gullible and can be easily fooled with a fake change chant,that it took some of you one year plus to discover you have been scammed,(simple thing others saw while sitting)!!

SeverusSnape:
Exactly. Every sane mind knows the dullard has nothing to offer, Even in the north, The scales have fallen off their eyes. Buhari has been demystified, Everyone now knows him for the failure that he is.

Them never see suffer, when 12:00pm nack their eyes go clear