BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA – Pressure is mounting on President Muhammadu Buhari as the Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, on Wednesday declared that they are leaving no stone to ensure the President contest the 2019 presidential poll.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Shittu said, “I know he has not made up his mind, but I can say that some of us can assist him in making up his mind so that Nigeria can continue to enjoy stability and progress in our land.”
Expressing their determination to ensure that Buhari makes up his mind on the need to throw his hat in the ring for 2019 polls, he disclosed that he has been appointed the National Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group, shortly after a closed door meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
In a bid to ensure the dream of Buhari’s re-election comes true, the minister said the South-west zonal office of the Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Organisation is set to be inaugurated on January 20.
Asked if the inauguration of the campaign office is an indication that campaign for 2019 has started, Shittu said, “Every day since he (Buhari) came into office, all his activities are geared towards letting Nigerians know that they have a saviour, a rescuer, somebody who is committed to providing relief for Nigerians in all respects.
“It goes without saying. I mean if you have a child who goes to primary school and he does well, he proceeds to secondary school and he does well, and you keep asking if he will be going to university. It goes without saying.
“In the area of fighting corruption, insurgency whether in the North East or the Niger Delta; in the area of repairing the economy and providing jobs and providing social stability in the society.
“You will agree with me that today but for Buhari, Boko Haram would have invaded even Lagos.”
