Special Adviser to President
Muhammadu Buhari on Political Affairs, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has said the
President Buhari is currently addressing his mind to overpower the myriad of
challenges confronting the nation and as such is not yet interested in 2019
presidential election.
According to him, 2019 is still
far away, adding that the president would come out at the right time to address
the nation on his ambition.
He told newsmen in his home town
during the New Year celebration that, “2019 is still far away, there is 2017,
2018 before 2019. The President will come out at the appropriate time to say
whether he wants to run or not. As at now, the President is addressing his mind
to issues of governance.
“There are lots of problems
confronting the country. If you read the budget, government is paying a lot of
attention to power, infrastructure and to fighting anti-corruption and he is
busy doing all these not thinking about 2019 for now.”
Asked on what the Buhari-led
government has achieved so far, Ojudu said, “Quite a lot, first of all is the
diversification of the economy. Before now, we were importing almost all the rice
that we eat in this country. Now rice importation has been reduced by almost 90
percent. Right now, there are rice plantations all over the country.
“Look at the north-east, if it
had been Jonathan who won the last presidential election, the whole country
would have been conquered by Boko Haram now. But the Buhari government has
beaten back that insurgency.
“Also, about corruption, it may
not have been eradicated but the kind of impunity with which people were
stealing money under the immediate past administration has been drastically
reduced. Corruption cannot be eradicated in all societies but with the Buhari’s
administration, we have been able to tame it and reduced wastage and eliminate
the leakages.”
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