that our prayer is our good Lord will restore the president to robust, good health; that is the first thing.
“But the prime thing that he will be considering today isn’t to think of 2019. It is to have his health fully restored and I am sure he will give anything just to have his health restored. Let’s terminate it at that point; when 2019 comes we will deal with the issues that arise.”
When asked to comment on the alleged frosty relationship between the Presidency and the party leadership, Oyegun denied alienating himself from the seat of power, but said he was always in good communication with Buhari.
He said: “I have done a lot of things with the President in the past. I have known him from the civil service days; I have known him from the Military Head of State days. I was one of his close Aides. So let them enjoy themselves and pose for photograph. That isn’t the issue. The issue is that we communicate, and the relationship is cordial.”
Oyegun described Buhari as a man who does not like to be in the crowd, and one who has resolved not to dip his hands into public treasury to fund party activities.
He said as far as the party was concerned, the President’s uncompromising stance on corruption, was a major contribution to the change agenda.
The National Chairman, also spoke of the state of the country’s economy, and what efforts were being made to get it out of recession, in order to reduce the hardship of Nigerians.
He said the APC-led administration, was making renewed efforts to revamp the power sector, which was intended to correct all the current abnormalities affecting the electricity sector.
