SAN FRANCISCO, August 13, (THEWILL) – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to bequeath a Nigeria that can provide lots of opportunities to its people.
Speaking in Abuja on Friday at during a birthday bash organised in his honour by the APC workers, Oyegun stated that “God gave us a president who is ready to take challenge, who has determined that this is the last economic hardship this nation will ever go through.”
He urged Nigerians to support the efforts of the administration in building a solid foundation for a better tomorrow for all Nigerian youths, reiterating that this is the last economic hardship Nigerians will go through after the right structure anchored on sound economic policies is put in place.
The APC chairman said, “God in his wisdom has provided APC to the nation at this crucial time and in his wisdom gave us a man of strong will, iron determination, courage in the person of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“He has decided that we will never ever again depend upon a single crop, so he is laying a very solid foundation for the take off of this nation such that all resources that God has endowed this nation with whether it is anything.
“The Nigeria of tomorrow will be a Nigeria that produces, that can give employment to its youth, will be a nation that can provide plentiful opportunities for its people.
“That is the Nigeria that President Muhammadu Buhari is building and my appeal is that we should all see ourselves as participants in this struggle, that we have sacrifices we have to make to ensure we get there,” he said.
Going down memory lane regarding the early days of the APC, Oyegun said the party at the beginning worked under very challenging condition to reach where it is today, He pledged readiness of the party to make life better for all the staff that weathered the storm with it.
“I remember when we were just a few staff, when this baby needed rehabilitation, when we had no chairs, when members of the National Working Committee were making sacrifices to prepare for the election that has now become history in the country.
“We have set up a committee to look into the working conditions of the staff of the national secretariat headed by the deputy national chairman south who has completed his assignment and we will have reasons to smile in the few months ahead.”
He further stated that they knew things were bad with the economy but did not know the extent to which they were bad.
When tasked by newsmen on what was behind his youthful look, the APC chairman stated that life was a “lucky dip” and he got lucky, stressing that “I don’t do anything that will worry me or that will lead to threats. I have no political enemies. I believe that there is room for everybody, no particular individual is in your way.
“My mother used to say don’t do anything that you want to see in the front page of the Daily Times, when it existed. Lead a simple life, try to succeed by trying to be the best, not by pulling anyone down.”
He stated that his sojourn into politics was by accident and he had no regrets whatsoever, pledging to strive towards making his mark.
“No regrets joining politics whatsoever. It has been an era of service to the nation. I will do everything I can to influence events so that when time comes I will be on my deathbed with a smile on my face that this great coalition called the APC removed an incumbent government and finally we are now on the road and now addressing those issues that held this nation down,” Oyegun said.
