President Muhammadu Buhari,
Friday said Nigeria’s election was not predictable, the only reason he cannot
say exactly whether his former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr.
Kayode Fayemi would win the coming Ekiti governorship election. Buhari,
however, expressed optimism that with Fayemi’s track record, he may sail
through.
The president made this statement
in Abuja on Friday, while call on all Nigerians to work towards salvaging the
nation from the shackles of past wrongs by sharing in the collective vision for
a greater Nigeria and contributing individually to realise the goal.
President Buhari, who received
FCT residents at the Presidential Villa for the Eid-al-fitr celebration, urged
all citizens to embrace the reality that Nigeria must exist and continue as one
nation, noting that the country needs all its human and material resources to
succeed.
“We have no other country than
Nigeria. We may as well stay and salvage it together,’’ he said.
President Buhari told the
gathering of religious leaders, traditional rulers, security chiefs and top
government officials to start expanding the frontiers for development by
sensitizing their “constituencies’’ to work harder for the collective good of
the country.
“Please try to persuade your
constituencies to work harder for the greatness of this nation,’’ he added.
President Buhari said Nigeria had
a peculiar advantage of being blessed with enormous human and material
resources, noting that the potentials could be turned around for the greater
good of everyone.
The President commended former
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for the efforts at
discovering and repositioning Nigeria’s mineral potentials.
“I hope Fayemi will succeed in
the elections and lead Ekiti State. He is hardworking and patriotic, but
Nigerian politics can be unpredictable,’’ President Buhari said.
The President, who disclosed that
he could not fast last year due to ill health, said he was able to fully
participate in the spiritual exercise this year, as the benefits were not
optional for any healthy Muslim.
In his remarks, the Minister of
FCT, Muhammad Musa Bello, said the Ramadan provided an auspicious opportunity
to pray for the nation, and the wellbeing of the President and his family.
Representative of the Senate
President, Sen. Bala Ibn Na’allah, said the National Assembly will keep
supporting the vision of the administration for a greater Nigeria, noting that
“no administration since 1999 had received more cooperation from the
legislature like President Buhari.’’
President Buhari also received
women groups led by his wife, Aisha Buhari, President of the National Council
of Women Societies, Dr. Laraba Shoda, and former Deputy Governor of Plateau
State, Pauline Tallen.
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