Olujonwo Obasanjo, son of former President
Olusegun Obasanjo, has taken his campaign for the re-election of President
Muhammadu Buhari to the United States.
Obasanjo, who is the President of
Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), said he was in the United States to solicit
support for Buhari’s re-election among Nigerian diasporas and other members of
the international community.
He explained that his support for
the re-election of the president was borne out of Buhari’s focus on youth
empowerment and securing the future of the country for the Nigerian youth.
Obasanjo said while in the United
States, he participated in several activities aimed at projecting the
administration.
“I participated at the United
Nations International Day for Education, promoted by the Nigerian Government
through the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
“Education is one of the tenets
of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, focusing on youth
empowerment, youth participation and securing a better future for our
generation and the generations to come.
“I also participated at the
Nigerian American Business Forum where I met with many Nigerian professionals
and their American counterparts. I went to Atlanta to visit our sister
organisations there and to inaugurate many of our organisations.
“I also went to Detroit where we
inaugurated some of the organisations. We also have many Buhari support
organisations in New York as well.
“We have Buharists in the United
States and all over the world. So I am here to encourage them and to support
them in every way we can,” he said.
He said his support for Buhari
was because he stood out among other presidential candidates because of his
determination to bequeath a secured future for the youth of Nigeria.
He said Buhari had opened up the
space for the youth of the country to participate politically and economically.
“Recently, there was the women
and youth campaign wing that was inaugurated by the president, which showed
that he wants to ensure that the youth and the women have a strong voice in his
re-election campaign.
“We believe that by doing that,
Mr president wants us to be part of his administration going forward. Mr
president is one who has made us believe again in our country, who has made us
proud of our country.
“At the international stage, we
are not being looked at as a pariah nation. So I believe for Nigerians at home
and Nigerians in the diaspora, they have seen that Mr president is the best
candidate deserving of their supporr.
Mr Haruna Madisca, Organising
Secretary of The Buhari Youth Organisation, also said Buhari was a man of
integrity with the fear of God that Nigeria needed at this time.
He berated the plan by Buhari’s
main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, to sell the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) if elected, saying the plan was questionable, adding, Buhari
had provided enabling environment for small businesses to thrive.
Madisca, who is President, Goron
Oil and Gas Limited, said through the NNPC Renewable Energy Department, there
is a $25 million investment in cassava in Kogi that would be producing 40,000
litres of bio-ethanol per day.
“The investment start-up on a
turnkey basis is $25 million. The plant will employ over 2,500 people on a full
time basis,” he said, adding such investment was at risk should NNPC be sold to
private investors. (NAN)
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