Why Nigerians Want President Buhari Re-elected In 2019 - APC National Chairman Oyegun

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, yesterday, gave reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari would run for a second term in 2019, claiming majority of Nigerians were happy with his leadership and wanted him to return in 2019.

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun spoke in Benin City, Edo State, when he received the Prestigious Benin National Congress, BNC, Award. The well attended event attracted leaders of the APC across the nation, who came to witness the honour bestowed on Chief Oyegun by the Benin socio-cultural organization.

According to Vanguard, some of the dignitaries at the occasion included representative of Governor Godwin Obaseki, Chief Osaro Idah, the Obazulu of Benin Kingdom, Chief Osaro Idah, Minister of Communications, Chief Adebayo Shittu, former Deputy Governors of the state, Dr Pius Odubu, Rev. Peter Obadan, and Chief Lucky Imasuen.

Others were representatives of the Senate President, Senator Francis Alimekhena, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, state chairman of the APC, Anselm Ojezua and secretary, Lawrence Okah. Also in attendance were former Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, Parry Osayande, former Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Emmanuel Emovon, Justice Samson Uwaifo, who was chairman of the occasion, Chief Clement Alile and many others.

Chief Oyegun, who was given a giant plaque symbolizing a hunter who killed an elephant, by the President of the BNC, Aiyemenkhue Edokpolo, said the honour could not have come at a better time, particular after he survived what he described as a ploy to remove him from office as chairman. Saying that he grew up from a family where disgrace to the family was intolerable, Oyegun disclosed that several allegations were made against him, but God vindicated him at the end of investigations.

The APC national chairman insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was God-sent to Nigeria. In his words;

“President Buhari was not elected by the elites but by the ordinary people of this country. They look up to him as a symbol. He has that attribute which the ordinary Nigerians are saying that is what they need. I accept that it may not be rosy now but I can tell you that what Buhari inherited was worse than what people thought. At the time he took over, there was no kobo anywhere in the treasury. The price of crude oil collapsed and that is why we are experiencing hardship today. But the good news is that for the first time, this country is building an economic base that is based on the sweat of Nigerians.

“We will never again suffer from the collapse of crude oil. Today agriculture is booming, today we are self- sufficient in the production of agro- products. President Buhari has concluded plans to deliver 3,500 megawatts of electricity to us. We took over a totally collapsed country. But today, things have started to solidify.

Our economy is growing and Nigeria will never experience that type of recession we witnessed. Let me emphasise that the change mantra is not electricity, it is not water, but changing our morals, doing what is right, changing our attitude, a system that rewards competence and productivity. So, we must change those bad aspects of our lives so that we will enjoy the Nigeria that we all crave for. That is the Nigeria that President Buhari intends to put in place for all,” he stated.


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Oyegun is high

Oyegun is more foolish than I thought. An elder who talks so carelessly and unadvisedly is a disgrace to the league of senior citizens.

Little wonder the party has failed so woefully. The President and the party chairman operate on the same low cerebral capacity, so how can the nation progress.

God, hasten February 2019 so that these endangered old fools can be sent into political extinction.

E be like say weyrey dey worry this old nitwit sha.

Which "Nigerians" is he talking about?

Nigerians will rather vote an inanimate object than an apathetic, visionless, dullard, Fulani militia apologist called Buhari.

Guess you're not having a mental disorder No need for all these self-adulation Mr.APC chair.Wait till 2019 to get a reply from these Nigerians that you're talking about.