President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that he
would not be cowed to abandon the corruption war as steps have already been
taken to insulate already recovered assets from looters.
He restated that he remained
committed to battle corruption to a standstill.
He said on Friday at the flag-off
of his campaign in Kaduna that his administration would not waiver in its fight
against corruption and ensuring sanity in public affairs.
Addressing a mammoth crowd of
supporters, he said: “We have taken measures to ensure that recovered funds and
assets are not handed back to those who looted the treasury as was done after
my detention when my administration was toppled in the 80s.
”What we are doing is to ensure
that all recovered assets are sold off and the proceeds lodged into the Single
Treasury Account. That way, no one will have the opportunity to appropriate
such assets.’
“The anti-corruption fight is
difficult in the current democratic dispensation, but we will continue to work
carefully and steadily until we insulate public funds from looters.”
He said that the administration
has recorded tremendous success in the war against insurgency, restiveness in
the Niger Delta and other crimes and would not rest until peace is restored to
all parts of the country.
“I have nothing to say than to
remind you of the situation we met this country and the promises we made to
you.
“So the best we can do for our
country is to return the APC to power.
“The biggest gift we can give to
our country is security and sufficiency and economic prosperity, ” he said.
Buhari assured Nigerians that the
nation’s economy “is recovering and is on track of development.
“The larger population of the country
are youth between the ages of 35 and below, Nigeria has lots of work to do to
get you employment and sufficiency. We are determined to do that.”
According to him, the government
has also recorded massive success in the area of agriculture and commended the
support of all governors, especially those of Lagos, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kano and
Jigawa states for the turnaround in rice production.
“We have stopped spending our
foreign reserve to import rice, there is sufficiency in rice as we now produce
it locally.”
The President expressed
confidence that his victory is assured in the state and North West region, and
solicited for the support of all to ensure peace and economic development of
the country.
He also promised that his
administration, if re-elected in the 2019 general elections, will continue to
make life easier for all Nigerians.
The President then called on the
people of Kaduna state to ensure that they vote for all APC candidates to
enable the party complete all ongoing developmental projects and programmes
across the country.
He assured the electorate that
the APC administration would not betray Nigerians or allow anyone to betray
them.
Earlier, National Chairman of
APC, Adams Oshiomhole, said that the fundamental issues of the campaign were
the pronouncements by the PDP presidential candidate to sell the NNPC just as
they sold NITEL, NEPA, Nigerian Airways and other government agencies, saying
that the people should resist the move by not voting for them.
He called on the electorate to
reject the PDP because it was responsible for the collapse of the biggest
textile industries in Kaduna State, sending thousands of people out of job.
Oshiomole said Kaduna is home to
the President and himself, adding “with what I have seen here today, the APC
has already won the general elections.
“I am therefore calling on you to
ensure that you vote for all of the candidates of the APC from top to bottom
during the general elections.”
Earlier, the Director General,
APC Presidential Campaign Council, Rotimi Amaechi, urged party supporters to
vote the party all through to ensure smooth running of the APC administration.
“APC will see votes, but I must
advise you, PDP has a rigging machinery. You have to do APC SAK without
mistake.
“PDP will be happy if you make
mistakes during the polls. President Buhari has lived all his life a hero and
you owe him that duty of returning him to power,” Amaechi said.
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