- APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, has stated that the PDP would never return to power
- He urged citizens not to accept the apology given by the opposition party earlier this week, and chided the PDP for its 16-year mismanagement of Nigeria’s resources
- Tinubu also commended the Muhammadu Buhari administration for maximising the nation’s scarce resources, as evidenced in its social investment programmes
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will never return to power, Independent reports.
The APC national leader made the comments on Thursday, March 29, while speaking at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium, an event held to mark his 66th birthday.
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NAIJ.com gathers that Tinubu stated that the APC would keep reminding Nigerians of how the PDP mismanaged the country’s wealth during its 16-year rule.
The former Lagos governor also urged citizens not to accept the apology given by the opposition party earlier this week.
Tinubu lauded the APC for its performance so far. While noting that fundamental and sustainable reforms would not be easy, he stated that President Muhammadu Buhari had judiciously maximised the nation’s scarce resources by investing in the electorate, as evidenced in the federal government’s social investment programmes.
He stated: “When we came in, we came in with a whole lot of hope as APC leaders, several discussions with diplomatic corps, with foreign dignitaries, putting heads together, thinking and believing in ourselves that we can change Nigeria for good.
“We were strongly determined that we will do it. We gave our people the confidence and the hope. We believe in ourselves. We believe in Nigeria and we are still going to do it.
“Life is not interesting without challenges. We didn’t come as a political party showing our logo as honey and sugar.
“Our logo is broom, bunched together; united Nigeria focusing against terrorism, corruption, and promoting economic revival of the country, investing in people.
“I can see what the government is doing with so little, but they are clever. The fact that they are doing it, the fact that there are beneficiaries, the fact that it is demonstrated in practical terms, is what we need to get our country from the throat of corrupt officers.”
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that despite calls from some segments of the country for members of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to stop harping about corruption in the PDP, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the administration will not desist from talking about how their predecessors mismanaged the country’s resource.
Osinbajo said this at the 10th annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium, on Thursday, March 29.
The vice president also noted that the APC government had successfully invested N560 billion in a budget year; money which he said would otherwise have been stolen if the PDP had been in power.
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Source: Naija.ng