– 5 Powerful Reasons Why Nigerians Should Elect Buhari –

The former Head of the State General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) is one of the key presidential aspirants on the platform of the main opposition party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), in the forthcoming elections.
Naij.com offers you have a look at 5 important reasons why General Buharimight be a better candidate than his opponents.
The presidential aspirant Muhammadu Buhari
1. Man of integrity
General Buhari is the man of integrity. As a former Petroleum Minister, Buhari does not own an oil rig or even a petrol station in his name. Since retiring from active service in the government, the General has lived on his pension. When he served as the PTF chairman, he refused to draw a salary from the commission, explaining that his conscience would not allow him take money from a government already paying his pension. He owns two houses: one at Kaduna; the other at Daura, his hometown in Katsina State.
2. He is not corrupt
Nigeria is reeling in corruption. Buhari won a rare reputation as a fighter against corruption during his time in charge of Nigeria from 1983-85. Most Nigerians agree he did not use the presidency to enrich himself and his backers. His iron-fisted administration jailed several politicians on graft charges. Gen. Buhari’s campaign team have made it clear that they would not be pre-occupied with pursuing past corrupt government officials to the detriment of the national development; rather, the CPC manifesto says the Buhari Administration will strengthen anti-corruption agencies (EFCC, ICPC and the Police), while it concentrates on fulfilling its campaign promises to the Nigerian populace. When the head is good, it is only a matter of time the body will get better.
3. Religion
Buhari’s ethnic background is Fulani, and his faith is Islam; he is a native of Daura in Katsina State of Nigeria. But he is not a religious fanatic. He also said he was not opposed to a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2015 elections.
Once he said: “I have not absolutely closed my mind to picking a Christian or Muslim as running mate if I get the ticket. I firmly believe that Nigerians, having gone through what they have gone through, realise it is not a matter of religion, but a matter of Nigeria.
“And the main religions, Christianity and Islam, they know and they believe in the Almighty God. The question of stealing and short-changing people in the name of religion should stop.”
4. Insurgency
Buhari is a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army who was the military ruler of Nigeria from December 31, 1983 to August 27, 1985. He knows a lot of strategies and may use them to end the Boko Haram violence and he vowed to do it.The former Head of the State has promised to end insurgency and other forms of anxiety in the country, if elected President in the 2015 general elections.
He also called on religious leaders to join hands together and find a lasting solution that would curtail the persistent killing of innocent souls in some parts of the North.
5. Family man
General Buhari’s first wife was the late Hajiya Safinatu Buhari. He courted her when she was fourteen and married her at the age of eighteen. A very shy and conservative Muslim woman, she was not too visible on the social radar.
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They got married in 1971 and the marriage was blessed with four children, all girls (Zulaiha Magajiya (the first daughter, and she was named after Buhari’s mother) Fatima, Hadizatu Nana, and Safinatu Lami). As the First Lady of Nigeria, Hajiya Safinatu was not in the spotlight. Later in December 1989, he got married to Hajiya Aisha Halilu, a Fulani lady from Adamawa State. The marriage is blessed with children and a grandchild.
The man with so big and lovely family for sure can make Nigeria better, can’t he?