Insecurity, corruption, major problems — Buhari

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has identified
insecurity, corruption and mismanagement of economy as the major
developmental challenges of Nigeria.
He also warned Nigerians not to re-elect President Goodluck Jonathan and the
Peoples Democratic Party government at all levels, saying the continuation of
the PDP government would continue to ruin Nigeria as a country and the
people.
He spoke on Saturday at the Metropolitan Square Ilorin, the Kwara State capital
during the continuation of the APC presidential campaign.
The plane conveying Buhari and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, landed
at the Ilorin International Airport, about 10:45am. It took Buhari’s convoy about
two hours to arrive at the Emir’s palace, a distance of less than five kilometres
because of the crowd that surged to welcome him and his entourage.
The APC national and state leaders at the presidential campaign rally included a
national leader of APC, Bola Tinubu; a former APC national Chairman, Chief Bisi
Akande; the Director-General, Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr. Rotimi
Amaechi who is also the Governor of Rivers State; Governor of Osun State, Rauf
Aregbesola; a former Kogi State Governor, Abubakar Audu; a former Governor of
Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki; the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed;
a former acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party and
currently a chieftain of the APC, Kawu Baraje; the Speaker, Kwara State House
of Assembly, Mr. Razak Atunwa and the Chairman, House of Representatives
Committee on Justice, Dr. Ali Ahmad.
The occasion was also used to present the party’s flag to Ahmed as the Kwara
State APC governorship candidate.
Buhari stated the PDP had mismanaged the resources of Nigeria, saying that
the APC government would address the developmental challenges of the country
if elected into power.
He said the government would provide qualitative and quantitative education,
address power challenge and insecurity; as well as fight corruption. He also
promised that the government would tackle mass unemployment through
emphasis on agriculture and small and medium enterprises development.
Buhari said, “The major issues of the country are insecurity, issues with
economy and corruption. What we save from corruption and leakages, we will
invest heavily in education, infrastructure, equipment and teachers. The best we
can do for our generation and future generation is to give them qualitative and
quantitative education. An APC government through-out the country definitely
will do that.”
Osinbajo said February 14, 2015 was a day of destiny, adding that it was not
surprising that some people would want to hamper the change.
He said, “The reason our country is poor is because some people have chosen
to steal the resources that we have. You can have posterity, good education,
good health care, good hospitals, when some people are stealing the money.
That is the reason why we are poor and why we are facing what we are facing.”
Tinubu accused President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration of being very
wicked, saying, “The administration collected money from job seekers for form;
again, they said the jobless people should buy jerseys and t-shirts we give you
free of charge. Instead of the people get employed it was death that struck at
many of the job seekers homestead.”

Courtesy of the Punch.....