Coast getting clearer for Buhari as top Yoruba monarch declares he should seek re-election to consolidate economic policies

*Sign Obasanjo coalition unpopular even at home – Respondent

“I am part of the campaign team soliciting that Buhari should be given another chance to lead for another four years to complete the great work he has started.  Those who drafted the Constitution to allow for a second term have envisaged that while a leader takes time to formulate policies and put programmes in place, he needs more time for them to germinate before they begin to translate such to benefits for the people.”

The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo,  says President Muhammad Buhari deserves  to be re-elected to enable him consolidate on the economic policies and programmes he has initiated to transform the country.

Gbadebo stated this when a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, led members of the National Movement for the Re-election of President Buhari, on a courtesy visit to  his palace in Abeokuta.

The monarch, who described Buhari as a focused and sincere leader, said he had charted a worthy path for the nation to transform  it to an enviable height.

He said  Nigeria could not afford to allow  the policies initiated by the Muhammadu Buhari -led administration to be discarded should another leader be elected.

“I am part of the campaign team soliciting that Buhari should be given another chance to lead for another four years to complete the great work he has started.

“Those who drafted the constitution to allow for a second term have envisaged that while a leader takes time to formulate policies and put programmes in place, he needs more time for them to germinate before they begin to translate such to benefits for the people.

“Unfortunately,  policy somersault has become a prominent feature in the history of governance in the nation.

“When a leader goes after four years, virtually everything he has done will be turned over by whoever comes after and we can no longer afford this wastage,” he said.

The monarch described Kalu as a detribalised person, who inspite of  being an indigene of the South East Zone , had continued to campaign for Buhari .

Earlier in his address, Kalu had commended the monarch for the peace initiatives in the state.

Kalu, who noted that a prominent feature of the peace initiative was the freedom to support any candidate in an election, declared that members of the group have been travelling across the country  to solicit support for  the president  ahead of the 2019 polls.

“We are for oneness of this country. We are for leaders who are sincere to lead us well and who are equally committed to the rules and tenets of democracy.

“The greatest challenge of our country is leaders not obeying the law.

“When they are leaders, they did not obey the law and when they go out of leadership, they criticise everybody who wants to obey the law.

“President Buhari has continued to adhere to the tenets of democracy and abide by the constitutional provisions of the country in tackling the challenges of the nation,” he said.

Meanwhile, responding to the declaration by the Egba monarch, respondent, who spoke to The DEFENDER, said it was a vital indication that all the fight against re-election of President Buhari spearheaded by Olusegun Obasanjo lacks no popularity even at home.