ABUJA – The President Muhammadu Buhari Friday expressed hope that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi wins the forthcoming Ekiti Govermorship election but hastened to add that that the electorates are not predictable.
He however, commended the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development for his efforts at discovering and repositioning Nigeria’s mineral potentials.
President Buhari, spoke while receiving FCT residents at the Presidential Villa for the Eid-el-fitr celebration, urging 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.
“I hope Fayemi will succeed in the elections and lead Ekiti State.
“He is hardworking and patriotic, but Nigerian politics can be unpredictable,’’ Mr Buhari said.
The President called 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.
“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.
He 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, 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.
