Traditional rulers in Imo State have unanimously adopted President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for second term, emphasising that he has done well to deserve another term.
The state’s chairman of the Traditional Rulers Council, Eze Agunwa Ohiri, who led other 600 monarchs in the state to welcome President Buhari, on Tuesday, also reserved the Chieftaincy title of Omenkeahuruanya 1 of Imo State for the President.
Ohiri, speaking on behalf of other monarchs in the state, said that the best that could happen to the nation was to vote for President Buhari for another term of four years.
The chieftaincy title is expected to bring the President back to the state for conferment.
The President was received at the secretariat of the traditional rulers in the state, when he paid courtesy call on them, ahead of the Presidential rally, in Owerri.
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Ohiri while addressing the president also remarked that the fight against corruption must be encouraged to succeed.
The President in his speech at the visit said “Your Majesty, I stand here to thank you very much and these senior citizens of all the communities in Imo State. I thank you very much for waiting for us for so long. Like His Excellency Governor Okorocha has mentioned, last time I was here, I was looking for votes and I am here again to look for votes.
“I’d like to invite you to think of where we met the Country in 2015, where we are now and what we’ve been able to do throughout the period we’ve been in power with the little resources available to us.”
He stated further, “I’m sure within your communities that there has been one little reform or the other.
“So, I want you to discuss with your people on the relevance of their votes for our party which will make a lot of difference. So my advice to you is to educate them.
“Everybody has one vote and the President has one vote also. As far as voting is concerned, we are all equal.
“Show them how to vote and respect them and I assure you, they will in turn respect you.”
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The President continued “I assure you that the point agenda of my administration which is security, economy and fighting corruption are still relevant. But we need substantial improvement in security. Boko Haram used to exist in 17 local government areas of Yobe, Borno and some other North-Eastern states but today, they are not holding any local government.”
Speaking on his achievement on nation’s economy, he said “On the economy, we now thank God that the government has been able to make inputs in the agricultural sector that has yielded positive results and we’ve almost 100% self reliant in food production.
“On fighting corruption, that has been the most difficult, but we are encouraging the law enforcement agents to work very hard and the report we are getting is something.”
