President Mohammadu Buhari has said it makes no sense anymore complaining
about the 16yr failures of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, promising to
utilize available resources to tackle challenges facing the country.
Buhari who spoke Thursday during the National Executive Committee, NEC,
meeting of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, said his Government
will dwell on the Agriculture and Solid Minerals sectors to boost the
economic base of Nigeria.
Below is the transcript of his remark during the meeting:
PROTOCOLS
We are members of the legacy party, plus APGA and DPP. We realized since
2005 that to remove the PDP from power, we must sink our differences, come
together and form a party. God willing, that eventually happened and that
is why we are where we are today, coming together inspite of our
differences, both personal and ideological. We must not forget that.
Having identified that as members of the legacy party, we again identified
three fundamental things facing us. First, security, second, economy and
unemployment and thirdly, corruption. We campaigned throughout the country
on these three fundamental issues and nobody successfully challenged us
and these issues remained relevant.
On security, we have made progress. It was a very courageous decision that
the party took and executed by the Executive by removing most of the
military hierarchy and appointing those to take over from them, acquiring
some new hard and soft ware and raising the morale of the military to go
secure the rest of the country which was then 14 out of 774 local
government. I have said it often that as far as I know and the service
Chiefs who are on ground, they are not holding any local government. But
they still have some capability especially on soft targets by using
technology.
For Niger Delta, the militants are sending some conflicting messages. Some
have said they are ready to drop their arms and join the rest of the
nation to build it. But part of them are still sabotaging installations
which is making investments in that lucrative area of Nigeria difficult
because nobody will submit his riches to financial institutions, get money
only to suffer huge loss. So, the environment for investment is being
sabotaged by our own selves, Nigerians. We are doing our best with the
military by trying to persuade them to join the rest of the country
because in unity lies our strength.
Of course the leadership of INEC has been changed, but I appeal to the
leadership of the military, security agents and INEC that what I want
Nigerians to remember me for, even if I have to leave the Presidency
tomorrow is that I respect them. I want all Nigerians to believe and hold
their PVC as personal entitlement as Nigerians and use it the way the
like, and vote for whoever they like at which ever election. If they
voluntarily sold it, it is part of their right and so, let them sell it
and remain at home and not participate in any election. But let the law
enforcement agencies give them the confidence that nobody will come out
who has money to hire thugs, give them drugs and stop them from exercising
their fundamental right.
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