Agoro, Durotoye declare presidential bids

Dr. Olapade Agoro, a traditional ruler in the Owa Tapa of Itapa-Ijeshaland

• Group endorses Buhari for second term The National Chairman of the National Action Congress (NAC), Dr. Olapade Agoro, has declared his intention to contest the 2019 presidential election, expressing optimism that the 21-point agenda of his party will earn him victory. Agoro, who made the declaration during the national meeting of the party in his Ibadan residence, described NAC as the only hope for Nigerians that will banish poverty and other socio-economic challenges facing the country.He said both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had failed Nigerians and it would be presumptuous of President Muhammadu Buhari to seek a re-election in 2019. The NAC chairman, who was flanked by the National Secretary of the party Dr. Goodluck Nwachukwu and National Organising Secretary, Prince Sarunmi Babatunde Oladapo, identified failure of leadership as the major problem militating against development of the country and wondered why “Nigerians should be wallowing in abject poverty in the midst of plenty.”