Buhari Will have nothing to tell Nigerians in 2019- Group

A pan Nigerian pressure group, National Vanguard for Good Governance in Nigeria has joined Father Ejike Mbaka in calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to shelve his ambition of running for second term. Father Mbaka in his new year message yesterday had said that President Buhari would be disgraced if he run for second term.

According to the president of the group, Jubril Tukur, Buhari would not have anything to tell Nigerians if he comes out for 2019 presidency. He said that the reason is because the president has failed woefully in delivering on his 2015 campaign promises. According to him, rather than move Nigeria forward, Buhari and his All Progressives Congress took the country several steps backwards.

He said that the APC had promised Nigeria that petrol would sell at N40 per litre but today it is selling officially at N145. According to him, Buhari's APC also promised Nigerians that exchange rate would be N50 per dollar while today it is over N360 per dollar. According to him, with regard to the economy, Nigerians are now suffering under Buhari`s government more than any other government since the inception of democracy in 1999.

"I am not really a fan of Fr. Mbaka but for once I feel that he has spoken reasonably. President Muhammadu Buhari would be utterly disgraced if he re-contest in 2019. There is a saying that you can fool some people some time but you cannot fool all the people all the time. APC fooled Nigerians in 2015.

They made untenable promises but now the chicken has come to roost. We have seen that they have absolutely nothing to offer. What would they tell Nigerians in again 2019 after their dismal performance? Would they continue to blame PDP and Jonathan for their failure? The truth is that we are now wiser, they cannot fool us again.”