BY Fredrick Nwabufo
Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to make the Christmas of 2015 a better one for Nigerians.
According to him, before the end of 2015, his administration would have brought out efficiency in the management and allocation of public resources to make the inter-state roads smoother and easier to ride on.
“I pledge that the Christmas of year 2015 will meet us all in greater joy and happiness, he said in a Christmas message issued by Dele Alake, the director-general of Buhari Campaign Organisation.
“This year’s celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ symbolises peace, love and togetherness to mankind. It reminds, us, once again, of the exemplary life of Jesus Christ and the ordinary yet spectacular circumstances of his birth.
“His life enjoins all of us to follow his path by offering to sacrifice our selfish desires for the good of our country and mankind in general. This event, however, is taking place at a period of serious security challenges across the length and breadth of our dear country.”
Buhari described Boko Haram as godless, saying there was a need to review the strategy for fighting insurgency in the country.
“The right to life, guaranteed by our constitution, is under savage assault. The stories of murder in the print and electronic media make you shiver to the bones.
“The daredevilry of the godless Boko Haram, which penetrated battle lines in the northeast to commit suicidal blasts in the north central capital cities of Bauchi and Gombe, demonstrates the crucial need to review the military strategy of our defence forces,” he said.
Reiterating that he is a pensioner who shares the burden of the poor, Buhari also pledged to make the condition of living of the common man the index for the assessment of his policies and not the number of billionaires his administration would have made.
“Certainly, there will be changes in policies. We cannot continue to enslave our country to those who tell us that we are in economic crises because of loans,” he said.
“Ours is the most populous black nation on earth and a potential global superpower. Our manifest destiny is to empower our people so that we can take our prominent place in the comity of nations.”
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