The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) has made a declaration that Nigerians have every reason to roll out the drums and celebrate its leadership of the nation, ahead of Monday’s celebration of Democracy Day.
Appraising the two years of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, APC spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi told newsmen at the weekend that the present administration has delivered, substantially, on its promise to the electorate.
The former Minister of Sports and Youth Development enunciated the fight against insurgency and crusade against corruption, as enviable achievements of the present administration.
“I believe very strongly that there is every reason to celebrate. I know that because of the difficulty that people are going through, there is a temptation to think that there is no much to celebrate.,” he said.
“But I think that if we look more closely, paying more attention to where we are coming from and where we were two years ago, you will see that we have more than sufficient good reason to celebrate.”
According to him, “There was a reason that Nigerians overwhelmingly voted for APC a little over two years ago. There was a reason that for the first time in our history, Nigerians rejected a sitting government and those reasons were quite compelling and those are the reasons that justifies APC’s existence in government today at the federal level and in the various states.”
“I like to say that there are three things that President Buhari promised as we went round the country campaigning. One was that he promised to fight corruption. Secondly, he said he will fight insecurity especially as it relates to Boko Haram and thirdly, he said he will create employment opportunity for the young people.”
“Let us take the issue of Boko Haram. I have said it repeatedly that we tend to forget one fundamental fact which was that at the time we were preparing for election in 2015, more than 50,000 square kilometers of Nigeria territory were physically occupied by Boko Haram, where they declared a caliphate and planted their flag.”
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