Politics
2019: Voting for Buhari will return power to South-West in 2023 – Fashola
The Minister of Power , Works and Housing , Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday , urged the people of South -West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections to guarantee a return of power to the region in 2023 .The minister stated this at a special town hall meeting on infrastructure organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture and the National Orientation Agency .
The News Agency of Nigeria reports the Minister of Information and Culture , Alhaji Lai Mohammed led three other ministers including Fashola, Ministers of Transportation , Rotimi Amaechi and Water Resources , Suleiman Adamu to the town hall meeting .
Fashola said besides , the massive investments by the Buhari administration on infrastructure across the country and in the South – West particularly , the region would benefit politically by voting for Buhari .
The minister , who spoke in Yoruba language said : “ Do you know that power is rotating to the South – West after the completion of Buhari’ s tenure if you vote for him in 2019 ?
“ A vote for Buhari in 2019 , means a return of power to the South West in 2023 . I am sure you will vote wisely . ”
On the performance of the Administration , Fashola said that the government had kept its promises to Nigerians in the three key areas of security , fighting corruption and rebuilding the economy .
He said the essence of the town hall meeting was to showcase what the administration had done in three and half years .
( NAN )
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