Buhari: 2015 is Going to be Serious

      

The contest for political offices in the forthcoming elections in 2015 are going to be serious considering the challenges of dearth of infrastructure and unemployment in the country.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammad Buhari (rtd), who was among the leaders of the party that were in Port Harcourt to woo the state governor, Chibuike Amaechi, to their party stated this at Government House, Port Harcourt yesterday.

Buhari, who spoke ex-tempore, noted with concern that despite about 15 years of democratic rule, there was nothing to write home about in terms of development across the length and breadth of the country.

He said it was time Nigerians took bold steps to advance the country.
"We are once again at crossroads and whichever way you choose to look at it, 2015 is going to be another watershed in Nigeria’s politics. What we understand from 2005 to date is that no single can meet the ruling party.

"If we remain divided, we’ll be taken one by one and dealt with piecemeal," he cautioned.
Apart from lack of infrastructure, Buhari said the high rate of unemployment in the country, which he pledged the APC would check, was one area that would make electorates have a re-think about their choices of leaders.

He also said: “Nigeria is at a crossroad and that is why we decided to come together to rescue this country from destruction. We must get together and get this country moving again. I congratulate Amaechi for providing education for the people of the state.

"We decided to come together to ensure that we salvage this country from misgovernance, God has endowed this country, everybody knows about that, with great riches; material and human. We must acquire the capability as a people to organise ourselves and manage it efficiently. We must get together and get this country to move again," he pointed out.”

Describing Amaechi as a great bridge builder, whose state was lucky to have his (Buhari) petroleum minister, Prof. Tam David-West, a great asset and academic guru, as a citizen, Buhari applauded the governor for making heavy investment in the development of education in the state.

“We are here to seek understanding and support from you through your leader, Governor Amaechi. I worked with one of your greatest assets, Prof Tam David West," Buhari stated.