Read excerpts from APC National Chairman, John Oyegun's New Year Message to Nigerians.
On 2015
“While 2015 was difficult for many Nigerians, we must also look back, with relief and a collective sense of jubilation, to the momentous opportunity it offered to the electorate to make the long-desired change of political leadership at the federal level and in many states."
On Terrorism
“It is also reassuring that Nigeria is winning the war against insurgency. With their welfare now taken care more seriously, the morale of our gallant troops in combat areas has been heightened. The international community is cooperating with Nigeria’s military offensives, including sharing of intelligence information, to end insurgency in Nigeria, as part of the efforts to combat global terrorism."
On Corruption.
“In spite of desperate and shameless attempts to discredit President Buhari’s anti-corruption efforts, the war against graft is being won . It is reassuring that the Federal Government has recovered huge sums from looters of our common wealth, which will be injected into the 2016 national budget."
On Infrastructure
“The state of government infrastructure has improved. Electricity supply has improved in most parts of the country. Eleven years after the dismantling of toll gates on federal roads, the present administration has signalled its intention to reintroduce toll gates in a bid to generate revenue for road maintenance and in line with global best practice.
“The present administration is also reviewing concessions arrangements and exploring ways of leveraging on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangements in road construction and other infrastructural projects.“
On Job Creation
"Job creation and social inclusion are critical to the administration’s development
programmes, as a response to unemployment, poverty and inequality. To this end, President Buhari has promised that 500,000 new teachers would be recruited among other job creation initiatives."
On Commitment to Promises
“I want to give a firm assurance that all the promises made by the party in respect of the 2015 elections to Nigerians will be kept. The New Year holds great dividends for Nigerians when the policies of the Buhari’s administration are enforced full blast in the 2016 financial year,” he said.“The unprecedented N6.08 trillion ‘Budget of Change’ presented by the President to a joint session of the National Assembly provides ample framework to deliver on these promises.“These include the proposed social welfare programmes,which will pay unemployed Nigerian graduates (post-NYSC grant); feed school children and cater for a larger population of the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians.“As a result of the full implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA), the Federal Government is now able to in real-time electronically track and monitor all government revenue inflows and disbursements, a development that has greatly plugged revenue leakages."
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