Buhari promises to fight insecurity, unemployment
(Nigeria) Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, said the top
priorities of his party if voted in on February 14 will be to tackle the triple
problems of insecurity in parts of the North, unemployment of youths and the
massive corruption in the system.
Speaking at a rally of the APC in Benin City, Edo State, Buhari
said the Nigerians are today suffering because of the 16 years of PDP misrule.
Said he: “16 years of PDP misrule is what every household is
suffering from today. APC’s intention which has been very well articulated in
its manifesto and will be modified from time to time, is to tackle the
monumental problems we have which is recognized throughout the country and
elsewhere.
“First one is insecurity. There is nothing we can do without
security. So our priority is to secure this country. Secondly is the issue of
unemployment. The youth of this country are more than 60% of our population and
whether they are in school or not, they are not employed and this is dangerous
for the nation.
“And of course, there is the problem of corruption which is
responsible for so much wastage of resources which could have been properly
utilized especially for education. There is nothing you can give a people
better than qualitative education”.
General Buhari said: “APC government by the will of God and
Nigerians from 30th May this year will
make sure we remove insecurity from North East to Badagry, from Sokoto to Cross
River and from Zaria to Port Harcourt.
“The quickest way we can give jobs to everybody is to make
sure we empower farmers by giving them fertilizers, inputs and advice and
extension farming and also to try and get the finance houses to give soft loans
to our traders and small manufacturers so that they can fortify their
businesses, employ people and produce goods and services.
“What else can we do? Improve schools, put equipment, employ
qualified teachers and make sure Nigerians get qualitative education which we
believe they will utilize to look after themselves. We will try and do those
things that are bothering them, especially erosion. The amount of resources
required to control erosion in Edo State alone is enormous not to talk of the
South Eastern States. The APC government will do that.
“We are going to make sure we rehabilitate the
infrastructure. When PDP came into power, Power produced was about 3000kw to
4000kw, today after PDP government have expended about $20 billion, we are
producing less than that. Because of all this incapacity, there is no way
Nigeria can diversify so before they kill us, we better vote out the PDP”, he
said.
He expressed hope that the supporters and party faithful
have all gotten their permanent voters cards advising them to come out en masse
on election day to ensure PDP is voted out of power as well as ensure their
votes count.
In his remarks, Governor Adams Oshiomhole said, “Edo is an
example of the story of Nigeria. 6 years ago, after 10 years of PDP misrule,
this state was like an abandoned misused vehicle. Our people were told the
state was a civil service state, that we are not a major oil producing state
and that it was not anybody’s fault and even the votes never counted.
“Our people told me that in this state, only one man counts
and indeed he was in charge. I brought the message of hope along with few of my
colleagues who were convinced that anything that is evil in the sight of God
and in the sight of decent men and women cannot stand for ever but it can stand
only to the extent that the people give up hope.
“I told them that the votes can count and the votes will
count and that we can intimidate the godfathers and banish them from the land.
Once we liquidated their rigging machines, they now look like over cooked
vegetables and as we speak, they are on political oxygen provided by external
forces outside the state.”
Oshiomhole declared, “The way Edo has changed, that is how
Nigeria will change when General Muhammadu Buhari becomes the President of the
Federal Republic. There is something different about this year’s election. It
is a choice between those who can do it and those who have shown they can’t do
it.
“16 years ago when PDP came to power, they promised that in
6 months they would fix power. But 16 years now, as at this morning, power
generation has dropped to about 2600 megawatts but even this one is only for
the statisticians”, he said.
In his remarks, the National leader of the party, Chief
Ahmed Bola Tinubu said the party is very proud of what Governor Adams
Oshiomhole is doing in Edo State.
He said, “You have heard about the great man and the great
mind which we have brought to you, General Muhammadu Buhari and Professor Yemi
Osinbanjo, men of distinction and great responsibility.
You have seen the last 6 years during which Adams Oshiomhole
took over governance of the state. Have you not seen change? Have you not seen
critical and radical development? Are you not seeing change in the school,
infrastructure, Healthcare? Here is a promise made and a promise fulfilled by a
progressive minded government.
“So General Buhari and Professor Osinbanjo have been
endorsed by Adams Oshiomhole. Will you follow them or not? It is about time
that you replaced darkness with light. The only way is for you to embark on
common sense revolution and what is that common sense revolution? When you vote
APC, you have started the revolution.
“When they fail to deliver, they give all the excuses. There
are no more excuses in their cupboard. Over 50 million youths unemployed. Are
you ready to continue with that government? University education has become 7-8
years to complete instead of four years. All the time they give excuses. They
cannot even contain insurgency. Boko Haram is even in their government. If you
know that, why not take them out of government.
“Six years of Jonathan, there is no single refinery that is
producing crude oil in this country. We promise you that refineries will be our
priority and Edo State will enjoy one of them out of three. That is where job
is created. Nigeria is good enough and rich enough to be the industrial centre
of the continent of Africa”, he said.
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