Second Term: Buhari’s advocates recruit coordinators, critics slam plans

Associates and core supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari are advancing plans for a second term bid for the President through the installation of campaign structures outside that of his party, All Progressives Congress, APC.

To them, the President’s achievements in fighting corruption, insurgency and genuine commitment in the drive for economic recovery should count for him. The plans according to Saturday Vanguard sources are being reinforced with the recruitment of campaign coordinators in some states.

The plans are, however, being resisted by some including associates of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who are also mobilising to frontally confront the Buhari second term agenda within the party and not, through an alternative party.

Among those leading the plans for a second term are a senator close to Buhari from the Northwest and a very prominent official of the administration presently engaged in a face-off with the Senate over an alleged contract scam in the North-East.

The officials, Saturday Vanguard gathered, have gone on a charm offensive towards friends and former friends of the President who may have been let down by the actions of the administration with a promise towards making amends.

The plan for Buhari’s second term has, however, drawn mixed reactions from a cross section of prominent political stakeholders. While some stakeholders in the president’s APC are slamming the proponents as sycophants projecting their selfish political agenda, critics of the APC administration say the president has not done enough to justify a second term.

Vanguard, April 8, 2017

 

 

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