National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has said his dream for a great Nigera is being fulfilled, with the nation finally on its way to greatness.
Odigie-Oyegun, in an interview to mark his 77th birthday, said with the turn of events today, he had no regret joining politics and striving to ensure the APC formed the national government.
The former Edo State governor, who celebrated his 77th birthday last Friday, said his life had been that of service to the nation, adding that as long as he is alive, he will ensure Nigeria achieve greatness.
He said: “I will do everything I can while the good Lord gives me health, gives me strength and gives me the possibilities to influence events. I will do everything in my power so that when my time comes, I would be on my dead bed with a smile on my face that yes, finally Nigeria is on the road to greatness.
“I have that fulfilment today. I worked hard at every opportunity, I worked hard to ensure that this great coalition called the APC that removed an incumbent, destructive, unacceptable government came into being.
“What that result did of course was that together with other imaginative and wonderful party leaders, today we are in government, today I have finally seen that yes, we are taking the turn, we are now on the road.
“It is early days no doubt, but there is no question at all about the fact that we are now addressing these issues that held this nation down and so I consider myself fulfilled because we are now addressing them and we will get there. Nigeria would be great again”.
Odigie-Oyegun said further that he has no regret going into politics, saying: “I have not had any regret actually. For me it has been an era of service to the nation and as I said, I think I only said that publicly once, the moment I embarked on politics and decided to be a full time politician and to seek elective office, my objective was clear.
“I was growing up when we had these wonderful leaders like Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello, Obafemi Awolowo, Tafawa Belewa. I don’t think any of them have that fulfilment of knowing that yes all our labour had turn out right, because the country is headed in a right direction and it is headed for greatness, it is headed for its manifest destiny as the most greatest. The largest and most highly populated black nation on the face of the earth, things continued to degenerate”.
When asked to reveal the secret of his sound health despite his age, Odigie-Oyegun said: “I don’t know if I am doing anything special except that I don’t do anything that would worry me or that would lead to threat, or that would make or cause enemies.
“Whatever I do I think even the worse critic knows that I am doing it with honest intention and not deliberately to undermine or deliberately to harm, and things like that, except politically, I have no natural enemies. I live my life quietly, go about whatever I want to go, drive myself, of course with the Office of the National Chairman, security is forced on you, but outside that, I am just like any other Nigerian.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Foolish idiotic old man. Shameless sadists. APC people are just as useless as the party they formed. May God save Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteGovernment of the foolish clueless wicked old men by the foolish clueless wicked old men and for the foolish clueless wicked old men.
ReplyDeleteWhich greatness? Which country? Am sure he is still saturated with Buzz from his birthday party .
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