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President Buhari’s second
term would be result oriented says Sir Joseph Ari.
By Joseph A Adudu
June 13, 2019.
The
Director-General of Industrial Training Fund, Sir Joseph Ari KSM has said that
President Muhammadu Buhari second tenure would be result oriented and would bring to
the people of Nigeria the needed dividends of democracy. Ari made this
statement in Jos during the book launched of Professor Cletus Taminu Gota at
MEES Palace Rayfield on Thursday.
“You
heard the speech of Mr. President yesterday. We were at the Eagle Square at Abuja
when he said that every promise the party has made he would endeavour to
fulfilled it. So, going to the next level may not be business as usual and we equally
expect that we should all put our hands on deck to ensure success.
“But,
I wish to say one thing. This is an opportunity this country should not miss
because if we miss this remaining four years of Buhari Administration, we would
have a long way to go as a nation and as a people. I therefore, call on all to
give all the support and cooperation to the government.
“There
is no gain saying the fact that this second and last term of President Buhari
would be result oriented and will bring to the people, the needed dividends of
democracy”, he said.
On
June 12, Sir Joseph Ari noted that the day was a watershed in the history of
Nigeria stressing that Jos in particular played a key role on June 12 because
it was in Jos that MKO Abiola emerged as the Presidential candidate of the
defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) that eventually won the election also
adjudged by all to be the freest and fairest in the history of Nigeria.
“I would like to say without mincing words
that June 12 is a watershed in the history of our great country and Jos
particularly played a key role in that because it was here in Plateau State,
the Tin City, the Home of Peace and Tourism that the candidacy of Chief MKO
Abiola came to be. And not only that, the significant of Jos has always been
there. For the first time in the history of this country, religious difference,
tribal affiliations, ethnic differences, regional affiliations, were set aside.
Those who even contested as candidates of the SDP as at that time came together
to organise a common front to bring MKO Abiola and Babagana Kingibe not minding
the fact that both were Moslems and the entire nation also accepted them. That election is regarded as the freest and
fairest election in the history of this country”, said Ari.
He
said that Buhari has made a name for himself and his government on behalf of
all democrats of this country by pronouncing June 12 as our Democracy Day. “Yes,
MKO Abiola is dead and gone but his name lives on because the ideals and values
which he represented are still alive. We are still moving and making steady
progress. 20 years of democracy is still a nascent one. American has gone over
200 years and still learning the robes. So, as we move on, we are happy that we
have been able to hold elections and were able to turn-in leaders. As we move embracing
the value of democracy, I look forward to seeing a strong egalitarian Nigeria
society under democratic dispensation”, concluded Sir Ari.
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