APC leaders, source of Nigeria’s
problems – PRESIDENCY
on december 22, 2013 at 10:00 pm in news
BY DAPO AKINREFON
The Presidency said, Sunday, that the opposition
party, All Progressives Congress, APC, is destined
to sink in 2015 as it parades all those who
constitute Nigeria’s problems.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public
Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, who addressed a press
conference, Sunday, in Lagos on the achievements
of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration,
said the government was not bothered about the
chances of the opposition in 2015.
He said: “We are unperturbed by the parade of so-
called political giants by the opposition. I have said it
before that APC cannot stand unless they fish in
PDP waters.
From left; Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo State; APC
leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu; Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari; Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, Interim National
President, Chief Bisi Akande, Gov. Nyako of
Adamwa state and other chieftains of the APC
during their visit to Obasanjo at Abeoukuta,
yesterday.
“But the APC boat is bound to sink because it is a
collection of the problems of Nigeria.
“How else do you want God to save Nigeria if all
those who are the problems of the country are not
packed in one boat and the boat sink under their
weight?
“When we went to Israel, we prayed that all those
who are the problems of Nigeria should all perish
and this is how our prayer will be answered.”
Okupe said though critics have continued to
lampoon the President, his administration is keeping
faith with the transformation pact he had with
Nigerians.
He said the Federal Government has been able to,
among other things, “bridge infrastructural gap for
economic growth and wealth creation, optimise
sources of growth to increase productivity and
competitiveness; build a productive, competitive
and functional human resource base for economic
growth and social advancement and develop a
knowledge-based economy.”
He said President Jonathan “is conscious of his
pact with the people and will not deviate from the
spirit and letters of his social contract as
encapsulated in the transformation agenda as he is
determined to continue to serve the Nigeria people
conscientiously, diligently and accountably.”
He added that the President Jonathan-led
administration has “improved governance, security,
law and order and also engendering more efficient
and effective use of resources and promoting social
harmony as well as providing a conducive
environment for growing the economy.”
Lists achievements
He reeled out the Federal Government’s
achievements in various sectors to include roads
infrastructural restoration, rail transportation,
aviation reforms and upgrade, power sector
reforms, education, agriculture, medical and health
services, economic growth and stability, sports
development and security.
According to him, “the President and his team have
worked assiduously to implement reforms in key
sectors of the Nigerian economy.
“These are reforms which had hitherto been
neglected or abandoned and which had
unfortunately led to our retarded growth as a
nation.”
He added that the transformation agenda “is not a
slogan but a well articulated vision of a Nigeria
where policies and programmes are designed,
implemented and followed through for the greater
good of the greater number of citizens.”
Stating the government’s efforts on roads
infrastructural restoration, Okupe said the Federal
Government “generally and consistently made
significance progress in the construction,
rehabilitation, expansion and maintenance of key
arterial roads across the six geo-political zones of
the country.”
Rail, aviation
The presidential aide said as part of efforts to
“revamping the Nigerian rail transportation system,
which has been comatose and decrepit for almost
two decades, the various projects and programmes
initiated in 2012 were carried through in 2013.
“The initiative has provided alternate and cheaper
mode of transportation for persons, good and
services in various parts of the country. It has
improved economic activities in communities and
created jobs for a good number of young Nigerians.”
On the aviation sector, Okupe noted that the sector
in 2013 broke new grounds, adding that “the radical
transformation of the sector under the Jonathan
administration has impacted positively on Nigeria’s
global image, guaranteed greater safety and
enhanced investors’ confidence in the sector.”
Besides, he said the on-going remodelling of “our
airports achieved tremendous success with phase
one of the exercise fully completed.
“Generally speaking, the aviation sector under the
Jonathan administration has witnessed tremendous
turn around with major strides.”
Health, economy, security
Stating that new initiatives and programmes to
deliver goals have been witnessed in the
agricultural sector, Okupe said the sector, since
independence, is “attracting unprecedented foreign
direct investment.”
Aside this, he said that the administration has “kept
faith with interventions in all tiers of health care, but
with major focus on tertiary health care in line with
best global practices.
“Major surgeries, which had not been done in most
of our federal tertiary hospitals for quite a while,
were revitalised in 2013.”
On the state of the nation’s economy, he said: “The
Nigerian economy remains robust and very
promising as the GDP growth rate is sustained at
6.7 per cent, making it the fastest growing economy
in Africa.”
To ensure security of lives and property, he said the
government has left no stone unturned “in ensuring
that cases of violent crimes and insurgency,
especially in the Northern part of the country are
nipped in the bud.”
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