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2019 general election’s some prominent members of the President
Muhammadu Buhari administration have called on the president to shake
off all vestiges of the past administration of the Peoples Democratic
Party PDP which they said now has a 50 percent share in the present
administration.
President Buhari with Mr Osita Okechukwu and Senator Ahmed Lawal as he
receives in courtesy call National Committee of the Buhari Support Group
 in State House on 27th Oct 2017

“Let me say that in the course of the jihad of Prophet Muhammad (SAW),
anytime they went out for a battle, they came back with loot, but these
loot, as far as my own research told me was not distributed to
everybody, but to those who took the sword and faced the enemies.

“Today, with all sense of responsibility, I want to say that we have 50
percent of PDP in our government. How can we move forward with this
load? How can we achieve our target with this load? It is a spoilt
system and so, when you come in, you shake off everybody and bring in
your own. That is what democracy is all about. Today, we have members of
 the PDP calling the shots. That is what we will begin to fight for, we
will fight for our rightful position, our vision and our mission for
this government. I am sorry to deviate into politics, but it is very
essential because we are a political organisation. It is time for us to
wake up from slumber and chart a course for this great nation and I
believe that we can do it”, said Hamid Ali, Controller General of the
Nigeria Customs Service.

Ali spoke on Friday as the Buhari Support Organisations BSO officially
opened an office in the Federal Capital Territory FCT in preparation for
 the next general elections.

In attendance were governors of Bauchi, Mohammed Abubakar, Kogi Yahaya
Bello, and Plateau State, Simon Lalong, the Ministers of Information and
 Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, Defence
Minister, Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali, Niger Delta Minister, Pastor Usani
Uguru Usani, Minister of State for Health, Osagie Ehanire, Sen
Olorunimbe Mamora among others.

Speaking further, Ali said; “When we were there working and jumping in
the streets and reaching every corner, we were shouting change, change
for a better Nigeria. Now, the key word is good governance for
Nigerians. We must agree that we cannot finish our four years without
delivering and leaving something to be remembered for in this country
for a long time to come. We have no problem with our president because
he is on course.

“But I must confess here that we have been infused by people who were
not part of this journey and these people are the ones that call the
shots today. That is why we are derailing. If we had the right people
who had the vision and have been there in and out, I believe that we
will not be going the way we are going today.

“It is my belief that those of us who have been in the trenches all
these years to get good governance will surely be sleeping with
bellyache everyday, especially in the recent past. Everyday, when you
wake up, there is a story that makes you shiver. We cannot, as a people
who have fought and committed everything we had to bring this government
 to being sit back and allow things to happen the way they are
happening.

“At the end of the day, the fingers will point at us because we were the
 ones who went to people and spoke to them to give us their votes. These
 people that are calling the shots today were not there and when the
chips are down, they will disappear and melt into the system. We are the
 ones that will be asked to account for what happened. Are we willing to
 face Nigerians and tell them that we have failed? I think this is the
time for us to come together, create a system that is very robust enough
 to fight back and take back government in our hands and ensure that we
deliver.”

Ali however called on all the support groups to “go back to the study
room”.

He said; “This is a commission, but it is also the beginning of the
fight for good governance. We must get back to the trenches, draw our
own battle plan and battle line. I enjoin you that the same commitment
we had in 2015, I employ you to bear with us and commit yourself to a
better future for Nigeria.”

On his own, Plateau state Governor, Simon Lalong, also aligned himself
with Col. Ali, noting that the present reward system of the president is
 to the detriment of those who worked for his emergence.

“I was sharing a joke with somebody and I said when I hear that
appointments are made I look at the CVs of those people; hardly will you
 see some of those people say in their CVs that I was a member of BSO or
 member of Presidential Campaign Council. I am sure many of you too have
 also noticed that and if you don’t look at it continue to check, except
 by this arrangement it will change today.

“Let Mr. President be aware that this is the time to do it because even
as governors we are also complaining in our various states, we are
saying it. We complained in our states that while we are here we are
sitting down we hear appointments made and then people start asking; you
 are the governor where is this man coming from? But when we turn right
and turn left, we don’t know where such man is coming from.

“Many people have complained. I’m sure governors have complained that we
 should be able to know who and who will protect Mr. President and his
administration. So that when you appoint him and you find him guilty or
you find him wanton, hold the governor responsible because when we
established BSO we also had BSO in our own states but today when we turn
 back and find out that they are not enjoying, it means that something
is wrong and that is the wrong we have pointed out, and we must be very
brave to say it”, he said.

Bauchi state Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, explained that though he was
not part of the BSO at the beginning, he has never lost faith in the
vision of the President, asking the supporters not to relent in their
efforts.

At the event, the Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello stirred the hornet’s nest
when he averred that he was following in the footsteps of the president
and replicating his governance style in the state, a declaration that
attracted jeering over his inability to pay workers’ salary.

The Buhari Support Organizations BSO is a coalition of over 600 groups
working for the political and electoral success of President Buhari.