Former minister of Information, Tony Momoh, says, in 2019, Nigerians will beg President Muhammadu Buhari to stay on.
The erstwhile National Chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, declared that within a year or two, Nigerians would be celebrating the Buhari-led administration.
Momoh was spoke in an interview with the Daily Sun on Thursday.
He said, “If you see what has happened, what Buhari said he will do, he will fight corruption, he will create jobs, he will face agriculture and of course, he will fight insurgency.”
He said the President was a very predictable person, adding that the country was safe under his watch.
He added, “He will secure this country. He will do anything to secure this country. In other words, he will fight insurgency, he will fight hostage taking, he will fight armed robbery; he will fight anybody who wants to undermine Nigeria’s economy.”
“He will even fight those cattle rustlers and other people who are undermining other communities by destroying their hosts.”
Momoh noted that only a secured country will be making development plan, adding that stabilizing the country through infrastructural development had been difficult due to multiple security issues.
He said, “Security, plus stability will give us prosperity. There is no magic about it and that is what Buhari has been doing.
“When he started, about 14 local government areas were in the hands of Boko Haram. Now, the Boko Haram is not in control of any local government area.
“Secondly, you will see how much is being given to capital expenditure. I don’t know if we ever gave that much to capital expenditure in our recent history.