The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has assured Nigerians that all corrupt politicians will end up in jail once he is elected into power.
Buhari, who gave the assurance on Tuesday during the APC rally and the presentation of the party’s governorship flag to Umana Umana as its candidate in Akwa Ibom State in Uyo, said he would close all loopholes through which money was being siphoned out of the country.
“When we come into power, anyone who steals Nigerian money will end up in Kirikiri Maximum Prisons. We are going to make sure that Nigeria’s wealth belongs only to Nigerians,” he said.
He decried the overdependence of Nigeria on oil, saying that the country would not have faced the economic downturn if the country had invested in agriculture.
According to Buhari, Nigeria used to export tin and columbite but all of a sudden, it stopped producing and exporting these minerals with the belief that the country has oil.
On the power sector, Buhari stated that many industries had shut down operation because of epileptic power supply. He noted that Nigerian producers were not able to compete in the international market because of huge cost of generating alternative power.
Buhari, who was a former military Head of State, assured Nigerians that his government would create over three million jobs yearly to take care of the jobless youths.
The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, who is also the Director General, Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, said he was ashamed to read on the pages of newspapers a story credited to the Peoples Democratic Party that things had improved in Nigeria from 2011 onward.
He added that governors decided that the excess crude money be shared because of the missing cash that was involved.
Amaechi said, “I was ashamed to read on the pages of newspapers, where the PDP said things had improved from 2011 till now.
“Oil price used to be between $120 and $145 before now. Our savings used to be between $45 and $46bn. We had over $10bn to $20bn in excess crude. The reason why the governors asked that excess crude be shared was that after each meeting we had, if the money was $10bn, before we come back for another meeting, it would be $8bn. Who has taken the $2bn? We did not know.
“When we discovered that our money was being taken away with reckless abandon without accounting, it was then we asked, ‘Oga, please share this money. You are not a bank. And if it were a bank, it would add more to the money.”
Amaechi urged members of the party in the state to go to their units and educate the people. He asked the people to make sure that their votes count after voting, so that the PDP government would be voted out of power.
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Posted: at 7-01-2015 06:13 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Ritabrenice at 7-01-2015 06:47 AM (10 years ago) (f)
Remember to also join them
Posted: at 7-01-2015 06:47 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
morgrawl231 at 7-01-2015 06:48 AM (10 years ago) (m)
“When we come into power, anyone who steals Nigerian money will end up in Kirikiri Maximum Prisons. We are going to make sure that Nigeria’s wealth belongs only to Nigerians,” I pity those thieves when dis man assumes office,,,,Most of them will be flying thru Ghana,,,Benin Republic and Togo,,,,
Posted: at 7-01-2015 06:48 AM (10 years ago) | Hero
What's hard with trying some one new for a change so we can at list buhari we gave u a chance and u failed don't u think is better than he has wen we have tried him? Y are gud at criticising without facts
Posted: at 7-01-2015 08:47 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
The new era is near .............. No room for cabals and thieves anymore .................. : D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ are all going to rotten in jail..............
Posted: at 7-01-2015 09:02 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
hmmmmm, Its better to keep what you intend to do with corrupt politicians under wrap
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Posted: at 7-01-2015 12:12 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Story tella, dats wat dy al say, wen dy assume office, dy suddenly join d queue of criminal. Gej nd gmb r d same , d only dif btw dm s dia party name. U guys beta luk 4 way 2 beta ur lyfs dam galivantin around wit dis selfish ppl.
Posted: at 7-01-2015 03:20 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie
there is something funing about those politicians ,wen they are eager to get the office they can do anything or say anything as a times but when they get there,sorry u ll not even see them again not to ask them of their promises.
Posted: at 7-01-2015 08:35 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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