The Director-General of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection campaign organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, has called
on Nigerians not to give one vote to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the 2019 elections.
Mr Amaechi is in the eye of the
storm after an audio recording was released Sunday by the opposition PDP in
which he was saying Nigerians were hungry and poverty has been growing under Mr
Buhari.
But speaking during the
inauguration of the presidential campaign council of Mr Buhari Monday, Mr
Amaechi assured Nigerians that the president’s next four years will be
different from the 16 years of the PDP.
“I was in the PDP, the slogan was
“Share the money”. But here we are not sharing money. And because we are not
sharing money they are saying vote buying. Because they ran election with
government money, eating, buying cars with government money and nobody cared.
“I appeal to Nigerians; don’t
give one vote to the PDP, they are hungry, they can’t stand poverty, they can’t
stand not touching government money. Where money is given for prayers in
Nigeria, I can pray in my church, nobody is giving me money to go and pray,” he
said.
Mr Amaechi also said the PDP will
not have peace until its members return all the funds stolen while they were in
office for 16 years.
PDP governed Nigeria from 1999 to
2015 when they lost to the APC.
”We are no longer stealing money.
PDP stole the money meant to feed Nigerians and until they return it, they will
not have peace.
“PDP has nothing to say to
Nigerians. Our campaign is going to be issues based. We are determined to save
Nigerians.
“The President said he will fight
corruption; that he is doing. We met a tattered economy that if we did nothing,
Nigeria would be at a mess. But today the economy has been growing.
“In fixing the economy we
promised infrastructural development. When I took over as Minister of
Transportation, GE approached me and said we have approached different
governments for 11 years to allow us to take over the rail with our own money
but nobody agreed, this government agreed, ” he said.
Mr Amaechi told the gathering
that before March this year, his ministry will sign a formal agreement of
concession to a consortium that will take over Nigeria’s entire narrow gauge
rail line and run it.
On why Nigerians should re-elect
Mr Buhari, Mr Amaechi said the change promised by the APC cannot be completed
in four years.
”Anybody that says we can do so
in four years must be a magician. What we are pleading with Nigerians for is
another four years to consolidate on what we have started,” he said.
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