No fewer than 300 leading civil
society organizations, on Thursday declared their support for the reelection of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
The groups hinged their reason on
the sterling performance of the president in area of security.
According to the groups, Buhari
has been outstanding on his war against terrorism and insurgency since he assumed
power in 2015 and should be given another mandate to complete what he started.
A communiqué jointly issued after
a convention of Coalition of 300 Civil Society Organizations (CCSOs) called on
Nigerians to back the president in 2019.
Some of the leading organizations
in the group were: The Initiative for Minority Rights in Nigeria, Centre for
Social Justice, Equity and Transparency, Foundation for Unemployed Nigerians,
Africa Civil Rights Congress and several others.
Their communiqué partly reads.
“The CCSOs commended the Centre
for International and Strategy Studies (CISS) for their diligence, accuracy and
time devoted to this energy-sapping report, spanning the period of 2013-2018.
Certainly, the CCSOs adjudged it as a priced document worthy of attention by
all Nigerians and indeed, members of the international community in search of
an unbiased and truthful accounts and perspectives into insurgency in Nigeria
operations and battles in the country.
“The CCSOs endorsed without hesitations
the general conclusions of the report, which aligns with the consensus opinions
among majority of Nigerians, including the incipient opposition elements in the
country, traditionally obstinate in conceding to the administration of
President Muhammadu Buhari the successes of the counter-insurgency battles.
“It yawningly reechoes that the
President has frenetically tackled the insurgency with so much vigor, energy
and resources. It stamps that the President has made the difference in
counter-terrorism combat and deserving of loud accolades and commendations.
“For the benefit of Nigerians yet
to read the report on combat of terrorism in Nigeria under the preceding and
incumbent governments in Nigeria, as compiled by the Centre for International
and Strategy Studies, the CCSOs have burdened themselves to highlight a few
areas for emphasis.
“Securing freedom for a greater
number of the abducted Chibok and Dapchi schoolgirls and tens of thousands of
other Nigerians held hostage by terrorists and the capture of Sambisa forest in
Borno have been reflected in the report.
“Nigerians are persuaded to
endorse and work assiduously for the reelection of President Buhari for a
second term in office to finally lay to rest, the ghost of terrorism in
Nigeria. A deviation from this trajectory would be disastrous.”
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