“Give me more time to decide whether or not to seek re-election” – PMB tells anxious APC Govs
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked state governors of the All Progressives Congress to give him more time to decide whether he will see re-election in 2019.
The President made the request during a meeting with the APC governors in the Presidential Villa on Thursday night.
During the meeting, the governors had called on the President to go for a second term, but he opted to carry out more consultations before deciding.
This is barely 72 hours after 111 girls from Govt-run boarding school in Dapchi, in Yobe, were unaccounted for following an attack by the terrorist group.
Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha told State House correspondents after the meeting which was held behind closed doors that the governors all praised the President for his efforts and achievements so far.
For them, a second term will allow the President who swept to power promising to fight corruption, tackle insecurity and boost the nation’s economy.
The President’s meeting with the governors took place hours after he presided over the National Council of State meeting which had in attendance former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Chief Justices of the Federation, the 36 state governors and the leadership of the National Assembly.
Thursday’s meeting comes six days after the governors visited the President in his hometown Daura, Katsina State. – ChannelsTV