By Bode Olagoke
Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured that if voted in in 2015, it would do everything possible to reclaim all the Nigerian territories the Boko Haram sect seized, adding that the armed forces would be massively motivated and given the necessary manpower and materials to enable them perform their duty.
Addressing journalists on the state of the nation yesterday at the party’s secretariat, the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odiege-Oyegun, said by the time the party got into power in 2015, it would change the country for good.
Oyegun said: “The defence of the territorial integrity of our fatherland and the protection of the lives and property of all who live within our borders shall be a non-negotiable priority of an APC federal government.
“We will reclaim every inch of Nigerian territory and liberate fellow citizens who, under the current dispensation, are resigned to life as captured and conquered citizens.
“Our armed forces will be massively motivated and given the necessary manpower and materials to enable them perform their sacred duty of protecting our country.
“Our people will be mobilised to support and honour our men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line to ensure that we are all protected.”
He also said the APC had the men and women who could bring the positive change and passionately believe in Nigeria but aggrieved by the 16 years of “wasted opportunities” under the PDP.
“Once in office, our party will govern with openness and transparency, and every kobo belonging to the public will be judiciously utilised and meticulously accounted for.
“We will call corruption by its name and fight it with the vehemence it deserves.
“We will restore the faith of the public in the necessity for leaders to live honestly and lead with vision, competence and compassion.
“Our party will collaborate and cooperate with the states in the true practice of a federal relationship. We shall run an all-inclusive government and seek the views of all segments, including the positive ideas of opposition parties in the formulation and execution of government policies.
“An APC administration will rebuild and expand infrastructure; invest in human capital, particularly the youth; deploy resources to provide jobs and employment opportunities and get our economy working again for all Nigerians.
“We shall work for the inclusive growth and development of our economy through massive job creation programmes to ensure the reduction of poverty and the protection of the weak.”
While appealing to Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voters Cards, Oyegun said come next year’s general elections, the APC would make history.
“It will defeat an incumbent administration at the federal level and secure most of the governorships and federal and state legislatures,” he said.
