Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, Friday said Nigeria’s election was not predictable, the only reason he cannot say exactly whether his former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi would win the coming Ekiti governorship election. Buhari, however, expressed optimism that with Fayemi’s track record, he may sail through.
The president made this statement in Abuja on Friday, while receiving FCT residents at the Presidential Villa for the Eid-al-fitr celebration. He called on all Nigerians to work towards salvaging the nation from the shackles of past wrongs by sharing in the collective vision for a greater Nigeria and contributing individually to realise the goal.
He said: “We have no other country than Nigeria. We may as well stay and salvage it together.’’
President Buhari told the gathering of religious leaders, traditional rulers, security chiefs and top government officials to start expanding the frontiers for development by sensitizing their “constituencies’’ to work harder for the collective good of the country.
“Please try to persuade your constituencies to work harder for the greatness of this nation,’’ he added.
The President commended former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for the efforts at discovering and repositioning Nigeria’s mineral potentials.
“I hope Fayemi will succeed in the elections and lead Ekiti State. He is hardworking and patriotic, but Nigerian politics can be unpredictable,’’ President Buhari said.
