Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the presidential election in 2019 just as he has indicated interest for Ebonyi governorship election. The governor told State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday, that Buhari was very qualified to seek a second term in office. Umahi, a first term governor, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was at the Presidential Villa ahead of Buhari’s planned visit to Ebonyi, Anambra and Imo states.
“Well, any first term governor would want to go for second term and if what you wish yourself, you should be honest enough to wish another person the same. Since, Mr President is doing his first term and I am doing my first term, it’s my wish to re-contest and I will as well wish the president the same to re-contest,” he said. On the President’s planned visit to Ebonyi, Umahi said the state was fully prepared for the visit.
He said: “We pleaded with Mr President for the visit and before then we have been preparing, we are fully prepared.” The governor revealed that several projects had been lined up for inauguration by the President during the visit. According to the governor, the twin flyovers that is built across the African trans-atlantic road running from Enugu to Cameroun passing through Ebonyi State will be among the projects to be inaugurated by the president”. Umahi stated that the president would lay a foundation stone for the mall during the visit. He expressed the hope that Buhari would inaugurate the Mall project when he returned to the state for re-election campaign in the next 12 months.
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