President Muhammadu Buhari has given a hint into how his second tenure would be, saying ” is going to be tough.
Speaking when members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) paid him a congratulatory visit today, he said the last lap of his administration would be tough.
“My last lap of four years, I think is going to be tough. People are very forgetful and that’s why during the campaign I spoke about our cardinal agenda,” he said.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Wednesday declared president Buhari winner of Saturday’s presidential poll. Buhari polled 15,191,847 to defeat his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP who scored 11,262,978 votes.
The meeting was attended by vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF) Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno and over 20 ministers.
In the course of the meeting, Buhari disclosed that he campaigned in all the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory to prove to his critics that he was fit.
At the brief ceremony that started around 12 noon, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha spoke on behalf of the public service and congratulated the President and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for winning the elections.
According to him, the President’s victory was a well-deserved success as it was a referendum of honesty and sincerity.
He said that the public service totally aligns itself to the millions of Nigerians that voted for the President.
Apart from the ministers, those in the Council chamber included the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Chief of Staff Abba Kyari and Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita.
Congratulatory cards were presented to the President by the Mustapha and Oyo-Ita
