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 continuationof the APC presidential campaign.The plane conveying Buhari and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, landed at the Ilorin InternationalAirport, 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 andteachers. 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 thatstruck at many of the job seekers homestead.”