The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, has assured Nigerians that the party and the President hold as very sacred the mandate to effect positive Change across the country.
In a special message to mark Democracy Day, Odigie-Oyegun, noted that President Muhammadu Buhari has, in the last year, worked hard to repair Nigeria’s previously tarnished image in the international community; restored the territorial integrity of our country by ensuring the containment of the erstwhile rampaging Boko Haram insurgency and has waged an unrelenting and vigorous war against corruption as he promised in his electioneering campaign.
According to him, the President, being fully aware of the tough economic challenges facing Nigerians, has directed his focus on the salvaging of our battered and prostrate economy.
The chairman noted further, “The very parlous state of the economy inherited by this administration, which has been further battered by the collapse of the price of crude oil and the massive corruption by the past administration, does not need any further restating.
“However, the government has courageously faced these challenges by taking tough decisions necessary to bring our economy back to buoyancy and self-sustaining growth.
“One of such tough but inevitable decisions is the liberalization of the petroleum downstream sector and the consequent hike in petrol price which led to a call out of workers on an indefinite strike by Organised Labour.
“We thank Nigerians for their understanding of the situation and also Organised Labour for resuming negotiation with government.
“I want to assure that the APC administration of President Buhari holds your trust to be sacred and will do all that is humanly possible to ensure that these tough times do not last.
“The 2016 budget which includes N500 billion dedicated to social intervention will begin to have positive impact very soon.
“I call on all our compatriots to put aside any differences and join with President Muhammadu Buhari to design and lay a strong foundation for a new economy that assures self-sustaining growth and shared prosperity for our people.”
