President Buhari set to begin South-East tour informationng.com
President
Muhammadu Buhari is to embark on tour of South-east states beginning
with Ebonyi to improve the relationship between the region and the All
Progressives Congress-led Federal Government. Governor Rochas
Okorocha of Imo disclosed this on Thursday after a closed door meeting
with Mr. Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“The South-east
before now was not measuring in APC. But we have worked out strategies
and modalities on how to improve relationship between the people of
South-east and APC government.
“That was top on the agenda and
the need for Mr. President to come to South-east as quickly as possible,
to begin to show his presence.
“Luckily, the President will be
coming to Ebonyi State very soon and he will pass through Imo State to
Anambra State. So, covering three states within this short time will be
right step in the right direction.
“We have come to realise in
the South-east that we are better off in APC than any other party in the
federal republic of Nigeria.’’
He said that membership of the
APC in the South-east would continue to increase as many politicians had
been joining the party in recent times.
On the 2019 presidential
election, Mr. Okorocha stated that Buhari was democratically qualified
to re-contest the presidential election.
He, however, stated that the president must go through party primaries so as to avoid imposition of candidates.
“We
don’t allow imposition of candidates. It must be democratically done.
If President Buhari will lead the ship in 2019, it must be
democratically done.
“I said, democratically and transparently
done to the amazement of the whole world, the way we do our things in
APC and people will be happy,’’ he added.
The News Agency of
Nigeria recalls that some APC governors have advocated for automatic
ticket for Buhari to enable him seek re-election in 2019.
The
governors included Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara; Samuel Ortom of Benue;
Simon Lalong of Plateau and Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa.
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