By Sule ALiyu, Bauchi
The President of National Youth Council of Nigeria, Comrade Murtala Mohammed Garba has promised to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid in 2019.
He disclosed this in Bauchi while speaking to Journalists at the end of a sensitization workshop held at Banquet Hall of Zaranda International Hotel, Bauchi on the activities and achievements of President Buhari.
He said that he will also mobilise Nigerian youths to pool resources and buy nomination form for the president to seek re-election in 2019.
According to him, the 75 million Nigerian youths both at home and outside the country will support the President in the 2019 general election.
“As youth of this nation, we have the right to decide who to be our leader. President Buharis’ fight against corruption is commendable as he has recovers billion of looted funds from past corrupt officials hence the need to support him 100 percent to come back in 2019.
“We have decided to source for money to buy nomination form for President Buhari in 2019 in order to show our full support for him as we believe that after 2019, he will hand over to youth as Nigerian President,” he said.
Comrade Garba disclosed that, president Buhari had contested the seat many times base on his personal conviction before he eventually won in 2015.
“President Buhari came out on his own to contest but this time around the Nigerian youth are calling on him to come out again and contest in 2019,”he added.
He said their support to President Buhari’s re-election bid is based on his track record and performance since he assumed office as the President of Nigeria.
National trail reports that on the outcome of the APC, NEC meeting, the party’s declaration of support for the President to run for second term followed massive support by 186 groups under the aegis of the Buhari Support Group (BSG) with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on October 27 commissioned the secretariat of the Buhari Support Organization (BSO).
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