ENUGU - All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday assured
Enugu residents that the huge coal deposit in the state would be
revamped for electricity supply to create one million jobs for
the teeming unemployed youths in the state and beyond.
This hint came during the commencement of a road show
organised by the Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), Presidential
Campaign Council to woo voters in the state for their candidate.
APC spokesman, South-East geopolitical zone, Mr. Osita
Okechukwu, said the party had pledged to revamp the
abandoned coal deposit in Enugu to trigger economic activities
in the state and region.
His words: "Buhari is very passionate to create jobs for the
youths. We feel the best way to do so is to revamp Enugu coal,
which was 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 Enugu
coal.”
On corruption and governance, Okechukwu revealed that the
APC presidential candidate believed sincerely that no matter
how vast the country’s resources were, if they were not
efficiently utilized, it would only benefit a privileged few, leaving
the majority in abject poverty.
He said: "If Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill
Nigeria. To achieve this, Buhari will publicly declare his assets
and liabilities and encourage his political appointees to follow
suit immediately he is sworn-in.
"He will work with the National Assembly to cut down the cost
of governance, because he feels that the amount expended on
running the presidency, the National Assembly, and the state
houses cannot be reasonably justified with the poverty on the
ground.
"He will also inaugurate the National Council on Procurement as
stipulated in the Procurement Act."
Source: Vanguard

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