President Muhammadu Buhari meets with Tinubu on Monday in Abuja (photo: State House)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday revealed why he declared his intent to vie for a second term in office, come 2019 general election.
Buhari said he took the step to give the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) enough time to prepare for the election.
“I had to announce before the National Executive Committee of our party, my intention to ask for the party’s nomination for next year’s election so that we can save a lot of time and cool tempers,” Buhari said when he received members of the Buhari Support Group Centre (BSGC) at the State House in Abuja.
“A lot people were trying to make it a habit of being a nuisance to themselves and many Nigerians, so when I came out, I said those who are serious let them come out.
“And I tried to make sure that the party is organised and consolidated so that we start from the bottom to the top, and that Nigerians will be involved in a way that each constituency will pick those that are going to represent them at various levels, whether as local government chairmen, in the State Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate and finally the president,” he also said.