Times Have Changed, Senate No Longer ‘Reserved’ For Sitting Governors-Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the outcomes of the elections held on February 25 and March 18 stood as a proof that voters have now realized the importance of their voting power adding that times have changed.
‘No one should underrate the Nigerian voter anymore. Politics will be more difficult, henceforth’ the president told a delegation led by the new Emir of Dutse, Jigawa state , Muhammad Sunusi.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday titled ‘Outcome of 2023 has changed politics, there is no more easy route to power says President Buhari’
The president added that there was no longer a guaranteed route to power while the voter has truly become the king.
With about 10 sitting governors losing senatorial bids, the outcomes of the elections according to him served as a ‘testament to the maturity of our democracy and to the amazing sophistication of the voter’.
‘What shocked me was that the ordinary citizen who is usually underrated has made the point of his political understanding of things. Assumption is always that you are governor for eight years and you go to the Senate to crown the career.
No one should underrate the Nigerian voter anymore. Politics will be more difficult, henceforth’ he added.
Giving his speech, the Dutse monarch thanked the Buhari administration for helping Jigawa state to excel in major rice production, for approving a rail link to Dutse from Kano and for the restoration of peace to the state, the entire nation and the neighbouring countries that had suffered insecurity in the past.
He also welcomed the idea of upgrading the Army Battalion in Dutse to a full Military Brigade- Team@orientactualmags.com
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