APC Presidential Primaries: Buhari begins ‘meet the delegates’ tour’
A former Head of State, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday started his meet the delegates’ tour with
visits to delegates in Abia, Imo, Delta and the six states in the
South-South geo-political zone.
He used the visit to canvass support for
his desire to fly the All Progressives Congress flag in the 2015
general elections and ultimately contest the presidential election.
The Head of Media of the Buhari
Organisation, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, confirmed this in a telephone
interview with our correspondent in Abuja.
He said, “As we speak, we are just leaving from Port-Harcourt and by tomorrow, God’s willing, we will be in Makurdi.
“Everywhere we went, the story is the
same. People want positive change; they are tired of the corruption and
the lack of security which has become part of our daily lives.
“The General canvassed the support of
the delegates in the light of the growing insecurity despite the huge
resources spent on security – this year alone N1tn was spent and another
$1bn loan is being looked for.”
He said Buhari also spoke about the
inefficiency, which had become the bane of the President Goodluck
Jonathan-led administration, which appeared comfortable in the midst of
growing corruption and impunity.
He said that the impunity had led to an
unprecedented level of the use of state apparatus and resources to
intimidate people for holding opposing views.
Maduekwe noted that contrary to the
perception in some quarters, despite his age, Buhari was not sitting in
his comfort zone but he had been going round the nation to meet with
delegates.
He reiterated the campaign
organisation’s readiness to ensure an issue-based campaign to restore
public confidence in governance and the need to push for positive
change.
The spokesperson also explained that the
fund raising campaign, which was being embarked on, was aimed at
getting ordinary Nigerians who were lovers of Buhari to contribute at
least N100 each to support his campaign.
