The National Chairman of Northern
Nigeria Union, Professor Ango Abdulahi has explained why President Muhammadu
Buhari might not get automatic ticket for second term.
According to him, Buhari’s
endorsement and adoption for a second term in office by some Northern elements
was not automatic ticket.
Abdulahi spoke Wednesday at a
news conference in Abuja on the Union’s readiness to host the 5th Commemorative
lecture in honour of late Dr. Olusola Saraki holding November 27 at
International Conference Centre, ICC.
He said Buhari must earn the
endorsement of the North, stressing, “Well, do not expect that the fact that
Buhari is of the northern extraction will automatic translate to satisfying
every aspiration, yearning of the nooks and crannies of northern Nigeria.
“In any case, he was not elected
exclusively by northerners. He was elected by all Nigerians irrespective of the
number of votes he got in different parts of the country.
“The election was one to elect
the President of Nigeria and this is what has happened regards of how we feel
in other parts of the country. Like I told, a few days ago, I was arguing about
the issue of marginalization in my interview with Biafra Radio, Germany. People
should expect rewards from vote they have cast. Of course, 81 percent of the
Buhari’s votes came from the north.
“So, we should expect 81 percent
of all shares of government to come to us but that’s not being realistic.
“That’s not what our constitution
also says. So, the president I think has done extremely well in terms of his
outreach to all parts of Nigeria irrespective of the votes he got in the last
election.
“We may complain a little bit, some of us in the north.
That’s legitimate politics. He himself admitted, I think, today that some party
supporters that were expecting rewards for their support have not realized
their aspirations.
“He was aware of this but I think that he has kept to the
promise of he is the president of Nigeria. He belongs to all Nigerians. So, we
take it that he doesn’t belong to the north or any particular person.
“He belongs to no one. I think that we should take it that
he is the president of the federal republic of Nigeria and he will serve in the
best interest of Nigeria. Well, there are shortcomings and we hope that
someday, it will be made up”.
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