2019: Buhari Will Defeat Obasanjo, Babangida – Presidency

The Presidency on Sunday said if the likes of
former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former
Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi
Babangida, should join the 2019 presidential
race, President Muhammadu Buhari will defeat
them.
The position of the Presidency was stated by the
Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in an
interview on Sunday.
Both Obasanjo and Babangida have advised
Buhari not to seek reelection in 2019.
But Shehu told newsmen that Buhari is eminently
qualified to seek reelection in 2019.
He said Buhari “richly deserves a second term in
office”, adding: “My response to them is that if
they like they can come and contest against
President Buhari.
“He will defeat them.
“All of them.”
Speaking on the criticism of President Buhari
seeking reelection when Nigerians are hungry,
Shehu said: “With all the noise the PDP (Peoples
Democratic Party) is making, even during their
tenure, did they give breakfast, lunch and dinner
to every citizen?
“Is there any country in which someone does not
go hungry?
“I am not saying it is perfectly in order but they
are just politicising these issues.
“This is a government that has removed this
country from the shame of food importation.
“Every state of the country now is into rice
production and we are feeding not only Nigeria
but West Africa.
“And the government is working on having
respectable prices for food items, food inflation
is coming down grossly.
“Everyone complaining of hunger should go and
work.
“And you know that this is the only government
that has introduced social investment schemes.
“We pay out now for the poorest of the poor.
“The least they will get is N5,000.
“And a lot of these jobs that are being created
are from loans with little or no interest from the
Central Bank of Nigeria, Bank of industry, Banks
of Agriculture, Development Bank of Nigeria and
the rest.
“So, there is a lot going for people who really
want to go out there to work, especially in
agriculture.”