2019: Donors sponsoring APC, Buhari campaign – Bulama

Tom Okpe, Abuja

The Deputy Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Arc Waziri Bulama has stated that the 2019 Presidential Election is being sponsored by donors. He also said President Muhammadu Buhari’s state of health is nothing to worry about saying he is physically fit and stronger than any average Nigerian men. Speaking at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Bulama said by his visit to almost all States of the federation as cause of the campaign, the president has not shown any sign of stres or weakness. He said: “I think the President from the way he works in this campaign has shown that he is stronger than many average men in this country. This is a man at that age, flying from city to city and at least two cities every day of the week, commissioning projects, meeting traditional rulers, stakeholders and still returning to attend to other state functions and other groups in the Aso Villa. “He flies out the following morning without sign of stress or weakness. President Buhari is healthy, very strong and alive to the task and giving the kind of leadership and presence we need in this campaign”. On the source of APC campaign funds, Bulama said; “Let me say that since Buhari’s entrance into politics in 2002, his efforts in campaign have always been propelled, sponsored and financed by voluntary donors. Every political activity has been funded by individual donors and contributors. “Up till this moment, this campaign is propelled by voluntary support and willing participation. Therefore, these crowds are not sponsored or bought crowds. Again, our previous elections from 1999 till 2015 under the previous ruling party, have witnessed expenditure of huge sums of money. “Don’t forget that the fund to purchase form to re-contest did not even come from him. It was the efforts and contributions of the youths called Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors. They made contributions throughout the country to raise the money for the form. “You know that the election system in Nigeria from the watershed of 2015 till date has been a reference point because the APC under President Buhari has allowed INEC and other stakeholders in the election process to diligently do their work to the best of their ability. “They were influencing the institutions of the state to interfere in elections. But the APC under President Buhari has adopted a different approach to election management. Our model is to reach out to every Nigerian voter to persuade them to vote for the APC”, he noted.