- The minister of women affairs, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has claimed that President Buhari told his party that he would not seek re-election in 2019
- She had earlier disclosed that her decision was predicated on the fact that the former vice president is her godfather and stated that she would support him even if President Buhari decides to recontest in 2019
- Aisha Jummai Alhassan also insisted that she would not support the president in 2019 if he runs
Aisha Jummai Alhassan, minister of Women Affairs, who recently declared her support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to run for president in 2019, disclosed to Reuters that President Buhari told members of his party that he would not seek re-election in 2019.
The minister's declaration of support for the former vice-president has continued to generate heated discussions among Nigerians.
“In 2014/2015 he said he was going to run for only one time to clean up the mess that the (previous) PDP government did in Nigeria. And I took him for his word that he is not contesting in 2019,” Minister of Women Affairs Alhassan told Reuters.
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Going further, she reiterated her earlier statement to BBC Hausa that: “If today the president says he is running in 2019 I will go to him respectfully and thank him for giving me an opportunity to serve and then tell him that I have to resign because my political father may be running.”
NAIJ.com had reported that the minister of women affairs, Aisha Jumai Alhassan, was recently caught on camera declaring her support for former vice president, Atiku Abubakar's 2019 presidential ambition.
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Alhassan, who lost the Taraba state governorship race to Darius Ishaku in 2015, was appointed to President Buhari's cabinet in the same year.
Watch this NAIJ.com TV video about how Nigerians reacted to 2019 Buhari campaign posters flooding the streets.
ROSY CREST
Thursday 7 September 2017