“Urges massive turnout for guber polls
Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to troop out en masse to cast their votes at the forthcoming governorship and houses of assembly elections on Saturday.
The president, in a statement he personally signed, commiserated with the families which lost their loved ones at the February 9 presidential and National Assembly polls, and encouraged all eligible voters not to be complacent on Saturday, but should rather view the governorship and assembly elections as important as the last presidential poll.
Giving reasons why the electorate should troop out to vote on Saturday, Buhari said governance at the state level is closer to them than the federal government and hence, the need for them to be involved in the process of electing politicians who will govern them in the next four years.
Buhari who canvassed votes for governorship candidates…
