following the national assembly leadership
election may soon be over as President
Mohammadu has again appealed to the leaders
of the party to sheath their swords for the sake
of the country.
This came as the national leader of the party,
Bola Ahmed Tinubu lambasted the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and other Nigerians who
accused Buhari’s administration of snail-pacing.
To Tinubu, the 16-years ?mess of the PDP
cannot be automatically cleaned up in 30 days.
?Both men spoke at the breaking of Ramadan
fast at the new Banquet Hall at the Presidential
Villa late last night.
Recalling the challenges APC conquered to get to
power, President Buhari who hosted the party’s
leaders stated that for the party to deliver on its
campaign promises, the leaders needed to
resolve their differences.
“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 wrestle 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 raised
35 members across the country and then
successfully registered the party.
“INEC then informed the federal government that
we have met the requirements hence we cannot
be denied registration. Many doubting Thomases
said merger has never succeeded in Nigeria but
here we are.
“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 fast.
“We should just look at Nigeria as Nigerians, no
matter the level you are, loss 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”.
While appreciating the President for the
opportunity of breaking Ramadan fast with him,
Tinubu? who also described APC as the
Armoured Personnel Carrier, said the party
represented the diversity of Nigeria.
He pledged total support to the government of
the day, assuring President Buhari of success in
office.
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 one 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 think is
a game of ludo, we will say is serious business.
If they forgot G7 we will remind them.
“We have faith in you Mr. President. We have
faith in your capacity and uprightness. I’m here
filled up and not fed up.
“We promise to continue to be with you and
support. ?No matter what they are saying we are
not re-running the election until four years time.
“We pray to God to give us four more years of
this month and pray to Him to forgive our
misdeeds, and for peace and stability, with this
Nigeria i?s a promise to the future.
“Mr. President, your hands are on the plough and
you will succeed?”, he said.
The ceremony attracted the presence of APC
national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammadu, former national chairman of PDP
but now APC chieftain, Chief Audu Ogbe, former
Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi,
Senator Mamora, amongst others.
The gathering would be the first public meeting
between President Buhari and Tinubu since the
crisis started in the party.
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