President Muhammadu Buhari says the 2023 elections have proved the growing strength of the country’s democracy and the sophistication of the voters on the choice of the leaders.

Buhari said the stunning outcome of 10 governors failing to make it to the Senate meant that there is no longer a guaranteed route to power and the voter is truly the king when it comes to elections.

The President said this while receiving the newly-installed Emir of Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, Muhammad Sunusi, at Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, April 6.

“It is a testament to the maturity of our democracy and to the amazing sophistication of the voter.

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“What shocked me was that the ordinary citizen who is usually underrated has made the point of his political understanding of things.

“Assumption is always that you are governor for eight years and you go to the Senate to crown the career. No one should underrate the Nigerian voter anymore. Politics will be more difficult, henceforth,” President Buhari said.

After listening to the Emir who listed several government projects put in place for Jigawa State during Buhari’s administration, the President promised to do his best for the state in the remaining time left.

He also vowed to brief the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on those requests, saying the problem of water supply in Jigawa State capital is worrisome.

On his part, the Emir thanked President Buhari for helping Jigawa State to excel in rice production, for approving a rail link to Dutse from Kano, and for the restoration of peace to the state, the entire nation, and the neighbouring countries that had suffered insecurity in the past.

Sunusi, who hailed the upgrading of the Army Battalion in Dutse to a military Brigade, urged the President to do something about the acute water shortage affecting the Jigawa State capital.

The Star