Alake: Buhari deserves second term as APC NEC member urges Nigerians to support president’s reelection

The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo,  says President Muhammad Buhari deserves  to be re-elected to enable him consolidate on the  policies and programmes he has  initiated to transform the country.
Gbadebo stated this when a former governor of Abia State, Kalu Uzor Kalu, led members of the National Movement for the Re-election of Buhari, on a courtesy visit to  his palace in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The monarch, who described Buhari as a focused and sincere leader, said he had charted a worthy path for the nation to transform  it to an enviable height.
He said  Nigeria could not afford to allow  the policies initiated by the Muhammadu Buhari -led administration to be discarded should another leader be elected.
“I am part of the campaign team soliciting that Buhari should be given another chance to lead for another four years to complete the great work he has started.
“Those who drafted the constitution to allow for a second term have envisaged that while a leader takes time to formulate policies and put programmes in place, he needs more time for them to germinate before they begin to translate such to benefits for the people.
“Unfortunately,  policy somersault has become a prominent feature in the history of governance in the nation.
“When a leader goes after four years, virtually everything he has done will be turned over by whoever comes after and we can no longer afford this wastage,” he said.
The monarch described Kalu as a detribalised person, who inspite of  being an indigene of the South East Zone , had continued to campaign for Buhari .
Earlier in his address, Kalu had commended the monarch for the peace initiatives in the state.
Kalu, who noted that a prominent feature of the peace initiative was the freedom to support any candidate in an election, declared that members of the group have been travelling across the country  to solicit support for  the president  ahead of the 2019 polls.
“We are for oneness of this country. We are for leaders who are sincere to lead us well and who are equally committed to the rules and tenets of democracy.
“The greatest challenge of our country is leaders not obeying the law.
“When they are leaders, they did not obey the law and when they go out of leadership, they criticise everybody who wants to obey the law.
“President Buhari has continued to adhere to the tenets of democracy and abide by the constitutional provisions of the country in tackling the challenges of the nation,” he said.
Meanwhile, Alhaji Nasiru Danu, a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on Nigerians to continue to support President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
He further advised the people to do that, irrespective of negative comments on the administration.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had at the weekend, described the Buhari administration as a failure among his other claims.
Danu told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, that the statement credited to Obasanjo on the performance and re-election bid of the president was his personal opinion.
Danu also said that though Obasanjo remained an elder statesman, his assertions on Buhari´s performance were more political than anything else.
´´The truth is that everybody can have his or her opinion on an issue, but to me, this is a successful administration.
´´Buhari never promised to be a miracle worker, but in three years the success of this administration in the economy and security of the country are obvious.
´´In security, compared to what we had before, there are improvements. Before Buhari came to power, we were having attacks even in Abuja, ´´ he said.
´´This is a political year, everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, but I assure you that the Buhari administration has done very well and Nigerians will re-elect him come 2019.´´
He, however, said that the former president was not fair to have described the Buhari-led Federal Government as a failure, adding that the government had done well.
According to him, the government has done well in its fight against corruption, infrastructure development and the economy generally.
Danu said that the present government was building railways across the country to connect some major cities.
He, however, noted that there were lot of falsehoods flying the streets, adding that Journalists should join efforts with government to fight the trend.
“Nobody can stop the spread of fake news than the media, I know most Journalists in the country have integrity and will not want it destroyed.
He, therefore, urged Journalists to always engage in investigative reporting and cross check information before publishing, in the interest of the nation.