{"id":2986,"date":"2017-11-21T18:32:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T18:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2017-11-21T18:32:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T18:32:59","slug":"34-governors-support-buhari-2nd-term-okorocha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/34-governors-support-buhari-2nd-term-okorocha\/","title":{"rendered":"34 Governors support Buhari for 2nd term \u2013 Okorocha"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta gttyt time-set-cont\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-860x800 size-860x800 wp-post-image alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;border: 2px solid #f9f9f9;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-size: 14px;font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;vertical-align: baseline;float: none;width: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.premiumtimesng.com\/wp-content\/files\/2017\/11\/Rochas-and-Buhari.jpg?fit=621%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rochas and Buhari\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Governor Rochas and President Buhari exchanges pleasantries [Photo Credit: Twitter &#8211; @GovernorRochas]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"top-middle-outer\">\n<div class=\"entry-content manoj single-add-content\">\n<div class=\"single-related\">\n<div id=\"jp-relatedposts\" class=\"jp-relatedposts\">\n<div class=\"jp-relatedposts-items jp-relatedposts-items-minimal jp-relatedposts-list \">\n<p class=\"jp-relatedposts-post jp-relatedposts-post4\"><span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-title\">November 21, 2017:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo says there is no better man for the Presidency than President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Okorocha said this while addressing leaders of the \u201cDemocratic Youths Congress for Buhari 2019,\u201d who were on a courtesy visit to him at the Government House, Owerri on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He urged every Nigerian to support President Buhari for second term, adding that all but two governors in the country, regardless of party affiliation, were in support of a second term for the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Buhari is the best for the country at the moment and that there could not have been a better option now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019I am a believer of Buhari and I made it clear years ago that if President Buhari is running for president, I will not run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow God has chosen him to be the president of Nigeria and some of us are witnesses that Buhari was and is still the best for Nigeria at this material time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Okorocha also said that Nigeria\u2019s quick exit from economic recession was a testament to Buhari\u2019s tenacity, adding that he had shelved his ambition in preference to support Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>While appealing to others to extend the same level of support, he noted Buhari\u2019s second term would bring about enhanced unity and peace of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupporting Buhari for a second tenure will bring about the new Nigeria we are talking about. This will put Nigeria first and the unity we are looking for will be guaranteed under this administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<p>\u201cOur nation is going through a challenging moment and we will require a man of his calibre to see us through this period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cPeople should not use the Anambra election result to judge the support for Buhari as it does not reflect the support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the government and people of Anambra support President Buhari, what happened was that an internal disagreement among the leaders in APC in Anambra cost us the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NAN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Rochas and President Buhari exchanges pleasantries [Photo Credit: Twitter &#8211; @GovernorRochas] November 21, 2017:\u00a0\u00a0Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo says there is no better man for the Presidency than President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Okorocha said this while addressing leaders of the \u201cDemocratic Youths Congress for Buhari 2019,\u201d who were on a courtesy visit to him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>34 Governors support Buhari for 2nd term \u2013 Okorocha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/34-governors-support-buhari-2nd-term-okorocha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"34 Governors support Buhari for 2nd term \u2013 Okorocha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Rochas and President Buhari exchanges pleasantries [Photo Credit: Twitter &#8211; @GovernorRochas] November 21, 2017:\u00a0\u00a0Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo says there is no better man for the Presidency than President Muhammadu Buhari. 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