APC supporters march for Buhari in Enugu
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday marched in
Enugu streets to drum up support for the party’s presidential candidate,
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
The supporters came in their thousands, singing pro-Buhari songs.
Spokesman for the APC in the Southeast Mr. Osita Okechukwu said the indigenes and other Southeast people had confidence in Gen. Buhari.
Okechukwu, who is also a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, said: “Gen. Buhari has pledged to revamp Enugu coal, utilise the coal to generate electricity and create one million jobs in four years.
“He stands by the pledge he made on January 10 at the Enugu State rally of our great party. His word is his bond.
“Gen. Buhari is passionate to create jobs for our youths and feels that the best way to create jobs in this region is to revamp the Enugu coal, which has been abandoned since the Civil War.
“His visit to Taichung Coal-Fired-Power-Plant in Taiwan, the largest in the world, motivated his interest to revamp the Enugu coal.”
He added that besides the coal project, “Gen. Buhari believes that no matter how vast our resources, if they are not efficiently utilised, they will only benefit a privileged few, leaving the majority in poverty. This, he wants to avoid by all lawful means and this is why he has repeatedly said that ‘if Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria’.
“To achieve this, he will publicly declare his assets and liabilities and encourage his political appointees to follow suit immediately he is sworn-in.
“Secondly, he will work with the National Assembly to cut down the cost of governance; because he feels the amount expended on running the Presidency, the National Assembly and the state Assemblies cannot be reasonably justified with the poverty on ground.
“Thirdly, he will inaugurate the National Council on Procurement as stipulated in the Procurement Act, so that the Federal Executive Council, which has been turned to a weekly session of contract bazaar, will concentrate on its core mandate of policy-making.
“My dear compatriots, General Buhari served our dear country meritoriously in the military to the highest level, as a major- general and as a commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. He crushed the Maitasine insurgents, a violent rabid sect as the Boko Haram and chased away the Chadian Army.
“He will do so again, if you vote for him as the president and commander-in- chief; and not the current President, who just woke up from slumber after the elections were postponed.
“In sum, Gen. Buhari subscribes to the fine tenets of social justice, the rule of law and the welfare of the greatest number of our citizenry. This is the celestial bond he has with the masses and the middle-class.”
The supporters came in their thousands, singing pro-Buhari songs.
Spokesman for the APC in the Southeast Mr. Osita Okechukwu said the indigenes and other Southeast people had confidence in Gen. Buhari.
Okechukwu, who is also a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, said: “Gen. Buhari has pledged to revamp Enugu coal, utilise the coal to generate electricity and create one million jobs in four years.
“He stands by the pledge he made on January 10 at the Enugu State rally of our great party. His word is his bond.
“Gen. Buhari is passionate to create jobs for our youths and feels that the best way to create jobs in this region is to revamp the Enugu coal, which has been abandoned since the Civil War.
“His visit to Taichung Coal-Fired-Power-Plant in Taiwan, the largest in the world, motivated his interest to revamp the Enugu coal.”
He added that besides the coal project, “Gen. Buhari believes that no matter how vast our resources, if they are not efficiently utilised, they will only benefit a privileged few, leaving the majority in poverty. This, he wants to avoid by all lawful means and this is why he has repeatedly said that ‘if Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria’.
“To achieve this, he will publicly declare his assets and liabilities and encourage his political appointees to follow suit immediately he is sworn-in.
“Secondly, he will work with the National Assembly to cut down the cost of governance; because he feels the amount expended on running the Presidency, the National Assembly and the state Assemblies cannot be reasonably justified with the poverty on ground.
“Thirdly, he will inaugurate the National Council on Procurement as stipulated in the Procurement Act, so that the Federal Executive Council, which has been turned to a weekly session of contract bazaar, will concentrate on its core mandate of policy-making.
“My dear compatriots, General Buhari served our dear country meritoriously in the military to the highest level, as a major- general and as a commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. He crushed the Maitasine insurgents, a violent rabid sect as the Boko Haram and chased away the Chadian Army.
“He will do so again, if you vote for him as the president and commander-in- chief; and not the current President, who just woke up from slumber after the elections were postponed.
“In sum, Gen. Buhari subscribes to the fine tenets of social justice, the rule of law and the welfare of the greatest number of our citizenry. This is the celestial bond he has with the masses and the middle-class.”
The Nation
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