{"id":11737,"date":"2018-09-05T21:17:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T21:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=11737"},"modified":"2018-09-05T21:17:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T21:17:02","slug":"group-buys-form-for-buhari-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=11737","title":{"rendered":"Group buys form for Buhari presidential bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors\u2019 Network, a group, on Wednesday in Abuja picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest the presidency in 2019.
\nThis made\u00a0 Buhari the first aspirant to pick the\u00a0 nomination form as the APC commenced sales of the forms to aspirants for the 2019 general elections.
\nBuhari had in April declared his intention to seek re-election at the APC National Executive Committee (NEC).
\nThe group which paid a total of N45 million to obtain the forms, was received by the Mr Adams Oshiomohle, the APC National Chairman in Abuja.
\nSpeaking on why the group decided to purchase the forms on behalf of the President, its National Co-coordinator, Sunnsi Musa, said the President was not multi-millionaire cash wise.
\n\u201cBut he has millions of supporters who are always ready to come together to pay for his nomination form.
\n\u201cIt is my singular honour and rare privilege to present to you a cheque of N45 million \u00a0as payment for the expression of interest and nomination forms for President Muhammadu Buhari, \u201dhe said.
\nAccording Musa, the group embarks on the project based on the recognition that the President has started laying a foundation for a better Nigeria.
\nThe National Co-ordinator said that there was need to consolidate on the gains so far made by the present administration in the country.
\n\u201cWe\u00a0have no doubt that Mr President has both in action an word been working to lay a foundation for a greater and prosperous nation that our generation and future generation will be proud of.
\n\u201cUnder his administration, Nigeria has become a country sought after for investments in the world and has assumed its leadership role in not just Africa but also the world.
\n\u201cToday, Nigeria\u2018s moribund infrastructure is being revived. There is no state in Nigeria that does not have several major Federal Government infrastructure projects, either completed or being executed under President Buhari.
\n\u201cWe have a stable and steadily growing economy that is departing from the monotonic oil dependence. Agriculture is now an attractive venture as farmers are becoming multi-millionaires.
\n\u201cNigeria is now an exporter of agricultural products as opposed to what it was three years ago,\u201c he said.
\nHe noted that\u00a0for the first time since the return of democracy, Nigerians had a president who could beat his chest and state that he had never stolen government funds.
\nAccording to Musa, Buhari is not among presidents who meet at night to strike shady personal deals.
\nHe added that the President was poised to ensure that every agreement entered into by Nigeria was in the interest of the people and the country\u00a0and its unborn generations.
\nThis he noted had indeed boosted the confidence of investors into the country and the\u00a0inflow of direct foreign investment into the country.
\n\u201cLooted funds are being recovered and ploughed back to develop our country deficit infrastructure.
\n\u201cAlmost a million farmers under the Anchor Borrowers Programme are benefiting from low interest loans and 500, 000 previously unemployed graduates are now employed under the NPower Scheme.\u201d
\nHe also noted that N400, 000 extremely poor families were already receiving N5, 000 monthly stipend while over N8 million children were being fed daily in public schools across the country\u00a0as promised by the Buhari-led administration.
\n\u201cToday, and for the first time in our history, we have a government that is honest and sincere in investing in the poor, the masses and the underprivileged.\u201d
\nMusa maintained that\u00a0his group could not fold its hands and watch while the foundation laid by the Buhari administration would be destroyed by some other persons.
\n\u201cWe cannot afford to destroy the future of our children. The foundation, laid by President Muhammadu Buhari, must be reinforced.
\n\u201cIt is for this reason, Mr Chairman, that \u00a0we have decided to pull our meagre resources together to purchase the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for President Buhari.
\nHe has presented himself to our party members to be chosen as their candidate for the 2019 general elections.
\nOshiomhole, while receiving the group, thanked its members for their gesture and for believing in President Buhari and the APC administration.
\nThe group paid the mandatory N45 million for the expression of interest and the nomination form.
\nThe sum of N40 million is the form and the N5 million for the expression of interest.
\nThe cheque was received by the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in Abuja.
\nBy NAN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors\u2019 Network, a group, on Wednesday in Abuja picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest the presidency in 2019. This made\u00a0 Buhari the first aspirant to pick the\u00a0 nomination form as the APC commenced sales of the forms to aspirants for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}