The former governor of Yobe State
and Senator representing Yobe East Senatorial district, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has
said, President Muhammadu Buhari can be President of Nigeria for life, if it
was possible.
Speaking in Abuja, he explained
that the presidential assent to the Northeast East Development Commission bill
last week by Buhari would address the pathetic plights of people in the zone as
a result of insurgency.
He stressed that the audacity
with which President Buhari was handling insurgency has continued to draw
support for him to continue as President.
“I know that President Muhammadu
Buhari understands the economy of the North East having being Military
Administrator in the old Borno State and how the State has been devastated now,
naturally, he is sympathetic to the situation there,” he said.
“On 2019 election, Buhari can be
life President and we will support him. If he decides to contest in 2019 on the
platform of APC, we will support him,” he insisted.
“I must commend President Buhari
for signing North East Development Commission bill into law.”
The lawmaker urged the FG and the
benefiting states to be wary of crooks and fraudulent people, adding that the
Commission is no conduit pipe for anybody.
He was optimistic that donor
agencies’ contributions and efforts of governments would better be coordinated
now.
According to him, governors of
the six states must show commitment at enduring that resources
accrued to the
Commission were not diverted, adding that they were enough competent people in
the zone to work in the commission.
“The North East is not what it
used to be again. We have many of well educated people to serve as workers in
the Commission. So I urged government to look inwards towards engaging those
who could move the Commission forward,” he said.
He recalled that the NEDC Bill’s
debate was hitch-free in the Senate and House of Representatives because,
lawmakers felt that the zone which has contributed immensely to the unity of
Nigeria did not deserve what they were passing through, while also commending
lawmakers for taking the decision in national interest.
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