Daura youth groups express unconditional support for Buhari’s efforts to transform Nigeria
- Daura Emirate Coalition of Progressive Youths have pledged to fully support President Muhammadu Buhari's fight against corruption
- The coalition also expressed their unconditional support for the president’s efforts to transform Nigeria
- The youths urged President Buhari to seek re-election in 2019
Forty-six associations, under the aegis of the Daura Emirate Coalition of Progressive Youths, on Tuesday, February 20, visited President Muhammadu Buhari in his Daura residence and pledged to fully support his fight against corruption.
The youth groups also expressed their unconditional support for the president’s efforts to transform Nigeria into a nation its nationals would be proud to serve, promote and protect.
Alhaji Ali Rabe, their chairman, who spoke at the visit, told Buhari that the coalition was already sensitising Nigerians on the impact of his administration’s efforts and the need to support them.
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“The policies of your administration have transformed the lives of many Nigerians, especially the rural dwellers. We are sensitising them to take advantage of the opportunities in the agriculture sector to improve their economic fortunes," he said.
Rabe urged Buhari to seek a fresh mandate in 2019 so as to consolidate on the gains so far recorded. He blamed the rising cases of insurgencies and crimes in some parts of the country on people bent on distracting the President from fighting crime and insecurity, and advised him to remain focused.
“When you fight corruption, corruption will fight back; when you fight insecurity, it will also fight back. But we want the Federal Government to remain focused and be assured that all Nigerians of good will are behind them,” he said.
The coalition also commended Buhari’s efforts toward infrastructural development, especially roads, electricity, agriculture and the railways, and urged him to sustain the tempo.
It said that the N-power programme had created job opportunities for many young Nigerians and reduced redundancy and idleness.
Responding, Buhari vowed to intensify the fight against corruption, describing it as “a cancer that kills the spirit of a nation and retards its progress."
“I have always said and would say it again. Corruption is responsible for the myriad of problems Nigeria is facing today. We have to either kill it, or it will kill us," he said.
The president advised members of the group to remain honest, transparent and God-fearing in their activities.
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According to an earlier report by Legit.ng, Daura Emirate Youth Progressive Movement said it would purchase nominations forms for President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State to enable them recontest in the 2019 general elections.
NAN reports that Malam Abdulkadir Lawal, the chairman of the movement, disclosed this in Daura at a rally on Sunday, January 21, which was attended by thousands of youths from the five local governments areas under Daura Emirate.
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Source: Legit.ng
