Many parts of Enugu metropolis
were on Monday shut down as supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari poured out
into major roads to celebrate the President’s return.
Buhari returned to Nigeria on
Saturday after 103 days of medical sojourn in London.
Hundreds of his supporters led by
the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, the National
Vice Chairman, South-East, of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Emma
Eneukwu, the Enugu State APC Chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye, among others took off at the
Enugu State office of the Buhari Support Organization, BSO.
They declared that the rally was
an avenue for Buhari’s supporters in the State to thank God for healing him and
for shaming those who already declared the President dead.
In a speech by Chief Anike Nwoga
and Barrister Godwin Onwusi, the Chairman and the Secretary, BSO Enugu State,
they said Buhari’s supporters in Enugu were in prayers with him as they welcome
him back “to continue as a matter of urgent national importance the good works
of fixing our physical and social deficit infrastructure – electricity, roads,
railways, education, health etc.”
They further stated that “to this
end, we implore you to appeal to the National Assembly to immediately approve
the $29.9 billion foreign loans and more to get Nigeria out of recession and
back to work. For it insults our imagination that our Distinguished Senators
and Honourable Members who were able to table 33 items of amendment of the 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in one day and pass almost all
in one day, are taking over one year to approve all the foreign loans?
“Mr President, in the midst of
the plunge in oil revenue, and the truism that oil prices may not rise soon; it
is BSO’s considered view that more loans be obtained to quickly diversify our
economy and provide the economic security you mentioned in your today’s speech.
“We are making this request
because it is better to harvest your uncommon acceptability by the
international community to secure more loans. There is no doubt that the
international admire your integrity quotient. More loans will not only exit us
from recession, but will enable you to add more mega watts of electricity,
reverse the archaic idea of revamping the old gauge rail lines, instead of
modern standard gauge, and expansion of the Kebbi/Lagos States Rice revolution
in other states according to their comparative crop advantage.
“Mr President, you can imagine
millions you will put to work, if additional $20 billion loan is added and the
coastal, the Lagos-Kano, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri modern standard rail lines,
Mambilla Hydro-power plant, Enugu Coal to Power, East-West, 2nd Niger Bridge,
Enugu-Port Harcourt, Enugu-Onitsha and other federal roads and the most
importantly agrarian revolution takes off?
“We also humbly request Mr
President, that all outstanding federal boards and other appointments be dished
out with immediate effect; as both the Holy Bible and the Holy Koran prescribe
that those who work in the vineyard should eat from the vineyard.
“This no doubt will provide
shared prosperity and happiness to the greatest number of Nigerian families.
This is the best way to reinforce hope of the citizens, cement the national
consensus that it better to live together than to live apart, contain Boko Haram,
Kidnappers, Herdsmen-Farmers clashes and other criminal elements and provide
the peace and security of our dream. Time is of essence Your Excellency.”
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