Buhari Turns To Facebook Friends For Funds

All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant and former military president, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has turned to his followers on social media to assist him in raising funds for his presidential campaign. Vanguard reports.

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The initiative is a first of its kind in Nigeria’s political circles. It is carried out through a crowd funding platform on facebook.

Buhari urged his followers on the social medium to give sacrificially. He posited that he was aware of their already difficult living conditions but sacrifice was needed in order to dislodge the Goodluck Jonathan administration. from the reins of power in next year’s presidential  elections.

 Gen. Buhari said:“As we have made it clear, our campaign is going to be funded, planned and run by ordinary Nigerian citizens like you. This is in recognition of your role as biggest stakeholders capable of changing the course of history of this great yet badly run nation.

“In this regard, we launch our crowd funding platform through which every Nigerian can contribute his token towards shaping the destiny of this country. Here are the details:
Account Name: Buhari Support Organizations
Account Number: 2026724405
Bank: First Bank Nigeria
Sort Code: 011150000

It will be recalled that Buhari came under severe criticisms for obtaining a loan of N27.5m to procure his party’s expression of interest and nomination form to contest the 2015 presidential election.