There is no alternative to voting President Muhammadu Buhari back to office in the forthcoming general election based on his wide acceptability across all regions of the country, Ita Solomon Enang, presidential aide on National Assembly, has said.
Enang, a former member of the National Assembly, in an interview with journalists at his country home in Ididep, Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State said there was no doubt whatsoever that Buhuri would garner enough votes to win the election, adding that there was no alternative to President Buhari.
“I have seen and weighed all the candidates, particularly the two presidential candidates; I have also looked at the pedigree of each of them including the manifesto of each of them, the record of each of them, and their antecedents and I have come to agree that there is no alternative to President Buhari,’’ he said.
According to the former lawmaker, who served both in the House of Representatives and the Senate, voting for Buhari would enable him to continue with his credible programmes, adding that on completion of his tenure, power would return to the southern part of the country.
“And if we elect him, he will do only one term and power will return to the south, to go to either the south west or the south east,” he said.
He pointed out that if the former Vice President, AtikuAbubakar were to be elected, it would be difficult to get him committed to a single term, adding that he has refused to be committal on whether he would do one term or not.
On the health issue of the president, he said Buhari has become younger and healthier than when he was first sworn into office in 2015, adding that his health has been renewed by the providence of God.
“I am sure you are aware that the health of the president is no more an issue. By God’s grace, He is renewing his health like an eagle. He gets younger as he ages, gets stronger as he ages. I am sure you know that Buhari looks younger now than when he was first sworn in,’’ he said.
On the reports in some quarters that the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commissin (NDDC), NsimaEkere was sacked by the presidency, he described it as false and unfounded, maintaining that Ekere had completed his tenure by the time he resigned.
Ekere, who is the candidate of the APC in the Akwa Ibom State governorship election, took over from another indigene of the state, Bassey Dan Abia but had to resign his position to contest the forthcoming election.
According to the presidential aide, nothing could be farther from the truth to think that Ekere was sacked, explaining that since Ekere had put in his resignation, the president noted that the tenure of the board had expired and had to announce the dissolution of the board.
“By his resignation, it was thought that the tenure of the board had expired but while not waiting for the board to be dissolved, he had to put in resignation, the president agreed that the tenure of the board had already expired and he formally pronounced the formal dissolution of the board and constituted an interim management board,’’ he said.
ANIEFIOK UDONQUAK, Uyo
