The presidency has reacted to
reports that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi had been appointed
as Director-General for President Buhari’s campaign for 2019.
Presidential spokesman, Femi
Adesina, described the reports as mere rumour.
Adesina told State House
correspondents in Abuja on Sunday that the president had not decided to run for
re-election.
He said: “I believe that things
like Director-General will come when you have become a candidate. If the
president steps into the fray now, he’s an aspirant just like any other
aspirant.
“Having a Director-General comes
when you become a candidate of the party.’’
On whether Buhari will embrace
the Nelson Mandela option of four-year single term, Adesina said it was the
constitutional right of the President to run or not to run.
“Of course, this is a democracy.
People will always have a right to their opinion. You know one thing about
democracy is that there is multiplicity of opinion.
“So, those who believe in the
Mandela option, it is their right. And it is also the right of the president to
run or not to run. So, you don’t abridge the right of anybody under a democracy.
“You cannot start a race until
the whistle is blown. So, when he blows the whistle and say ‘yes, this is my
ambition,’ then, the race starts”.
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