SAN FRANCISCO, January 26, (THEWILL) – House of Representatives members from President Muhammadu Buhari’s home zone of the North-west have stated that Nigerians cannot afford not to have the President remaining in office beyond 2019.
Speaking to journalists at the end of their meeting on Wednesday night, leader of the North-west caucus, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, said Buhari has achieved a lot, particularly as regards fighting insecurity.
The lawmakers went on to pass a vote of confidence on the Buhari administration as well as Speaker Yakubu Dogara’s leadership of the House of Representatives.
According to Ado-Doguwa, “2019 will come and we will engage all stakeholders and Nigerians cannot afford to miss or lose the President Buhari in 2019.
“I want to believe that the security situation in the north-west has improved seriously and Nigerians are commending the president and we just have to commend him, support him and identify with him.
“We have also individually and collectively passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of President Buhari’s government and also the leadership of the house of representatives ably led by Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara.
“We are speaking on behalf of the north-west people. I think as far as we are concerned; it does not matter what the people say; we want to say openly that Mr. President has done a lot in the area of security.
“In spite of the challenges, our people in the zone can sleep with their eyes closed and Nigerians are commending him. We have to commend him and we must support him.”
The caucus however said the North-west geopolitical zone was not properly captured in 2017 budget proposal.
Ado-Doguwa continued, “We looked at interventions in the budget and discovered that we have been under represented in the project allocation in the power sector and in education.
“Also, the area of zonal interventions; we have concerns about it and we have agreed that as soon as the budget is committed to the committees, all members of the zone should be on the lookout and be vigilant.”
The lawmaker equally called on the federal government to come up with a plan to end the killings in Kaduna state and the zone at large.
