President Muhammadu Buhari last night
implored members of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to forgo
their differences as well as their power
of influence in the interest of the country
and the party.

He said for the party to achieve its
manifestos of addressing issues of
security, economy, employment and
corruption, such sacrifice was necessary.
The president, who made this call when
he hosted the party’s leadership to a
Ramadan breakfast at the new banquet
hall of the presidential villa, restated his
stance that “if we don’t kill corruption,
corruption will kill Nigeria.”

Also, APC national leader and former
Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Ahmed
Tinubu, who was at the breakfast,
responded to criticisms by the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) that the Buhari
administration was too slow, saying the
APC government cannot clean the 16-
year mess of the PDP in 30 days.

In his speech, President Buhari recounted
how the APC surmounted many
obstacles and became strong enough to
dislodge the PDP, and stressed the need
for party members to forget their
differences and unite for the sake of the
country.

He said, “I always like to go down
memory lane to show how lucky we are
as a political group. At no stage was the
decision taken by chance; it was all
deliberate. The leaders of the parties felt
the only way to wrest power from the
PDP was for us to come together.

“I in particular was scared after previous
failures of the elections of 2003, 2007
and 2011. We dissolved our various
parties to form APC; then we applied to
INEC. For once, I was grateful to INEC.
We had gone with nine people to INEC to
apply and INEC advised us that we
needed at least 25 people across the
people to form a political party.

“We were able to go back, raise 35
members across the country and then
successfully registered the party. INEC
then informed the federal government
that we had met the requirements, hence
we cannot be denied registration. Many
doubting Thomases said merger had
never succeeded in Nigeria but here we
are.”

Urging the party members to close ranks,
the president said: “I went into this long
explanation so that you will appreciate
how far we have come, and for a society
as ours, if we respect the constitution,
then all the greed and problems will be a
thing of the past.

“We should just look at Nigeria as
Nigerians. No matter the level you are,
loosen your influence so that we can
help achieve the manifestos – security,
economy, employment and corruption –
because if we don’t kill corruption,
corruption will kill Nigeria. We have to
ensure that people we bring forward are
those that will move the society
forward.”

Buhari further commended Tinubu for his
support and words of encouragement,
saying it was important to reflect on their
journey in order for them to appreciate
how lucky they were as a political group.
Earlier, Tinubu who described the APC as
Armoured Personnel Carrier which
represents the diversity of Nigeria,
thanked the president for availing them
the opportunity of breaking fast with him
and bringing together people for various
backgrounds regardless of religious
affiliations.

He said, “We believe this diversity will
continue to propel us for economic
growth under your leadership. This is the
first Ramadan after the election; we
thank God for cutting down the
opponents’ 60 years of fake promises to
16 years.

“I heard they say we are slow. Yes, we
didn’t campaign to be fire-fighters, but
planners – and meticulous ones at that.
A latrine pit of 16 years can’t be cleaned
up in 30 days because the mess is much.
“Mr. President you started well; you hit
the ground running. You promised
Nigerians that you’ll address security and
your first meeting to ECOWAS was on
security because we cannot fight alone.
“You have been to others places. If they
forgot G7 we will remind them. We have
faith in you, Mr. President; we have faith
in your capacity and uprightness”. The
APC leader pledged that the party would
continue to support the president, and
“no matter what they are saying, we are
not re-running the election until four
years’ time.”

[size=15pt]“NASS Leadership Crisis: I Stand By Buhari’s Position – Tinubu[/size]

Speaking to journalists after the break of
Ramadan fast at the presidential villa,
APC national leader Ahmed Tinubu said
he stood by President Buhari’s position
that the party’s wish is supreme
concerning the leadership crisis in the
National Assembly.

He noted that the crisis rocking the
National Assembly over its leadership
was one area where he was very
cautious of his position and utterances.
“I still want to keep my side of the
interpretation or analysis to be able to
achieve a resolution of the matter as
quickly as possible,” he said.

“I am backing what the president has
carefully enumerated and articulated to
the party. The party is supreme. The
party must have disciplined leadership
and followers. The party’s process must
be respected because that is the
confidence and the trust of the people.”
He, however, noted that disagreement
was normal in politics.

“In every environment, we should conflict
– that is politics, and conflict resolution
mechanism would be applied to resolve
all the problems so we are there. There
is honour in every struggle and every
competition; there must be honour in
victory, too.”

On how APC should avoid the mistakes
of the PDP, Tinubu maintained that the
party was different.

He said, “We cannot be PDP, we are
APC, we will not repeat their mistakes.
We know their errors, we understand
what Nigeria wanted and Nigerians gave
this party victory because of our
manifesto.

“We are pro-people, we are progressives.
We have had a conservative government
in the last 16 years; this is a progressive
party, just coming in barely 30 days ago.
We understand the hope of Nigerians; we
understand the expectations of
Nigerians. We believe in that expectation
and in our promise of prosperity to the
people. We will not change that.”

Tinubu denied the speculation that he
had a soiled relationship with the
president over some his demands that
had not been met by the party.

He said, “I have no demands of the
party. If you understand what party
politics and leadership is all about, it is
about loyalty and commitment to the
values which the leadership believes in. I
believe in what the president believes in,
I respect him and I stand firmly loyal to
his cause.

“So, you can go to any length of
speculation that you might want. I have
not responded to all of that because I
understand the president and the
president understands me clearly.”

Also present at the break of Ramadan
fast were former Rivers State governor,
Rotimi Amaechi; his Bayelsa counterpart,
Timipre Sylva; APC chieftain, Mr. Sam
Nda-Isaiah, and APC spokesman, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, among others.

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Ok

Well said sir..by we knw u always have a grand plan..master tinubu we r waitin for ur nxt move..since havin d control of NASS is almost lookin like its not gonna be possible with Dogara occupyin d position u reserved for ur boy

I doff ma hat For the Jagaban of borgu kingdom.
you said and I quote
“We should just look at Nigeria as
Nigerians. No matter the level you are,
loosen your influence so that we can
help achieve the manifestos – security,
economy, employment and corruption –
because if we don’t kill corruption,
corruption will kill Nigeria. We have to
ensure that people we bring forward are
those that will move the society
forward.”
God bless u sir

Jagaban have spoken

Nice. I hope its from the heart. But Tandroids wont like this oooo.

Source? Say no to plagiarism

APC government cannot clean the 16-
year mess of the PDP in 30 days.

The wailing wailers won't concur with this, thinking Buhari is a magician

Alaye Nla!

Wishing mr President well on d fight against corruption. Lets him nt forget to start d fight against corruption frm within his party. Opposition parties r nt d only corrupt parties.

ITSaWRAP:
Source? Say no to plagiarism

grow up and check vanguard news paper

baruzeez:
grow up and check vanguard news paper

lols.



The source is important to readers bro. I suggest you include it your post

tinubu the jerk

Meaning?

ITSaWRAP:
Source? Say no to plagiarism

DONe! Its skipped my mind, though the story is all over today's dailys.

tell dem, make dem hear.

That's the mark of a leader. One of the few federalists we still have around.

But wait o! Anytime wey jagaban dey preach against corruption, he dey do me one kain for body o!

Bros, we know you and what you stand for. Next time abeg, no talk about corruption. Thank you sir

God is surely causing confusion in the camp of the wailers.


Good morning all

God is surely causing confusion in the camp of the wailers.


Good morning all

Respect for Jagaban

Jagaban, the slayer of PDP. PDP was a curse to Nigeria.