The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Ibeh Kachikwu, is
confident that President Muhammadu Buhari will win the 2019 Presidential
election.
He made the remark while fielding questions from CNN anchor,
Richard Quest, who has been in Nigeria.
Quest asked Kachukwu, “Is it likely, that within another
year your president or his party will be fighting in an election, and pretty
much you are already in an election mode?”
In his response, Kachikwu said, “Those of us in government
are focused on getting work done; the president is probably going to win the
election anyway.”
The Minister also disclosed that the Buhari-led government
was making realistic efforts towards the diversification of Nigeria’s economy,
adding that the results would be evident in the next five or seven years.
He said, “It is realistic. Five or seven years. Petroleum
led us into this problem; it has to lead us out.”
By Seun Opejobi
