2015: We’ll run all inclusive govt if... —APC AS race for the 2015 elections hots up, the National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Thursday, disclosed that the party would run an all inclusive government if the party wins the Presidential poll in the coming elections. This is coming just as the party vowed to make history by defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in the coming elections slated for February 2015. Chief Odigie-Oyegun, at a State of the nation address tagged “Building a new Nigeria” in Abuja, noted that, the party “is preparing itself to assume the awesome responsibility of governing our long suffering nation next year”. The APC National Chairman also disclosed that in order for the party to keep Nigerians abreast of its programmes, “we are going to have a weekly conversation with the Nigerian People to say who we are.” Said he, “in a few months, our great party will make history. It will defeat an incumbent administration at the federal level, and secure most of the governorships and federal and state legislatures. It will then proceed to change the way our nation is governed, by restoring the valued requirements of governance, which are rooted in supremacy of the law, integrity and competence of leaders, and compassion and fairness in the treatment of the people.” He then appealed to the international community to remain vigilant and continue to work with all Nigerians of goodwill to ensure that the 2015 elections are credible, stressing that, the party “remain committed to respecting the integrity of the electoral process, and we will discourage its subversion and will resist vigorously the use of violence, official or otherwise, to prevent the triumph of the will of the people”. According to him, “Once in office, our party will govern with openness and transparency, and every kobo belonging to the public will be judiciously utilized and meticulously accounted for. We will call corruption by its name and fight it with the vehemence it deserves. We will restore the faith of the public in the necessity for leaders to live honestly and lead with vision, competence and compassion. “Our Party will collaborate and cooperate with the states in the true practice of a Federal relationship. We shall run an all-inclusive government and seek the views of all segments including the positive ideas of opposition parties in the formulation and execution of government policies.” “We will stop the rot and the descent to uncertainty and disaster which the sixteen years of PDP misrule has plunged us to as a nation. We will restore to Nigerians the hope and assurance that our nation can be made whole again, and that our leaders will submit themselves to the will and needs of our people,” he stated. On the party primaries, the APC National Chairman, said, “in the next few weeks, our candidates for all elective positions in the February 2015 elections will emerge”. To this end, he said, “Our party will conduct all processes for the selection of these candidates in strict and transparent compliance with our rules, and we will put forward candidates who will truly represent the people and work for a future full of hope, confidence, progress and peace. “We have no doubt that Nigerians will vote for these candidates we will put up, because they will be agents of change, and they will be standing against agents of the status quo, who want to perpetuate the culture of deceit, divisiveness, incompetence and impunity that has continued to hold Nigeria back”, he stated. Continuing he said, “An APC administration will rebuild and expand infrastructure; invest in human capital, particularly the Youth; deploy resources to provide jobs and employment opportunities and get our economy working again for all Nigerians. We shall work for the inclusive growth and development of our economy through massive job creation programmes to ensure the reduction of poverty and the protection of the weak. “An APC Federal administration will unite all Nigerians by eliminating policies and sentiments such as religion and ethnicity which the PDP has deliberately exploited to divide the nation. We will restore the faith and confidence of Nigerians in each other, and ensure that no Nigerian anywhere suffers any disadvantage on account of his or her religious affiliation or ethnic origin. We will uphold the rule of law and protect the human rights of all our citizens. “The defense of the territorial integrity of our fatherland and the protection of the lives and property of all who live within our borders shall be a non-negotiable priority of an APC Federal Government. “We will reclaim every inch of Nigerian territory, and liberate fellow citizens who, under the current dispensation, are resigned to life as captured and conquered citizens. Our armed forces will be massively motivated and given the necessary manpower and materials to enable them perform their sacred duty of protecting our country. Our people will be mobilized to support and honour our men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line to ensure that we are all protected,” the party boss stated.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:47:43 +0000
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