Abia State’s ex-Governor Ogbonnaya Onu told Nigerians yesterday why the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) is the best to rescue the nation.
Dr. Onu, who speaking in an interview in Abuja, described the APC standard flag bearer at the rescheduled March 28 as a man of honesty and sincerity with the prerequisite knowledge on how to get Nigeria out of the woods.
According to him, Gen. Buhari, with great antecedents and good virtues that speak volumes, has capacity to fight corruption, adding that his commitment to the war against corruption would trickle down to reducing violence and insecurity.
He said the APC was established to create competition in politics and to achieve good governance,.
“We felt we needed the competition in the political arena and we believe things have not been going on in the right way. The level of insecurity has never been as bad as it is now in the country as well as unemployment, corruption and poor infrastructure,” he said.
Onu also disclosed that the plan was for the APC to offer a better alternative to the people.
“If Nigerians have not enjoyed 16 years of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led administration, the people now have a better alternative where they can exercise their franchise,” Onu explained.
Restating the party’s commitment to provide good governance, the former Abia governor said the APC will return the country to its rightful position in the comity of nations.
He urged Nigerians to give the party that opportunity to govern them in other to witness genuine change.
His words: “We’ll ensure the level of corruption is brought down and we w’ll draw a line. The reason it is important to reduce corruption in the country is that if we do not do that, we will not have enough resources to work on infrastructures, schools, create jobs and we are committed to ensure that those who cannot help themselves are taken care of.”
Speaking on how the party’s objectives will be organised, Onu stated that all the presidential aspirants signed an undertaking to ensure that whoever emerged at the polls will be supported to implement manifestoes of the party.
He lauded the military for recapturing some of the local government areas hitherto held captive in the Northeast by Boko Haram insurgents.
Onu however berated the Federal Government for waking up to its responsibility rather too late, pointing out that lives and properties would have been saved if such steps had been taken at the appropriate time.
”With what has happened, I feel very bad that we had to allow so much sufferings, a lot of sufferings and unimaginable sufferings. It is really sad what they have been allowed to go through,” Onu added.
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