The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged Nigerians
to continue to entrust the affairs of the country to the All Progressives
Congress(APC), stressing that APC is the party to trust.
Lawan made the appeal on Sunday in Lagos at the fifth
edition of the empowerment programme of Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola who
is representing Lagos West Senatorial District.
The event, which was held at the premises of the Nigeria
Police College, Ikeja, was also witnessed by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide
Sanwo-Olu.
In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi
which was made available to journalists, Lawan described Lagos as a home for
APC and expressed the confidence that “APC, by the Grace of God, will continue
to rule Lagos and rule Nigeria.”
“All that we need to do is to continue what we are doing
now. Support our leaders. Tolerate us. Unite ourselves and of course, remain
focused.
“PDP may tell you something funny about the administration
of APC at the national level but PDP ruled Nigeria for 16 years and all that
they did was to leave and bequeath so many challenges to us in 2015.
“We are dealing with those challenges one after the other
and if on the way, we encounter new challenges, we are equal to the task.
“By the Grace of God, we are going to turn around the
fortunes of this country for the better. We have done so much but we are also
challenged especially in the area of security.
“When someone tells you that the APC administration only
takes loans or borrow money, PDP had 16 years of so many resources and they did
very little infrastructure in the country if any. The money disappeared and our
options are limited.
“But one option that is not on the table at all is not to do
anything. Because you don’t have money, so we shouldn’t develop your country?
Nigeria’s administration at the national level is responsible and responsive.
“We wouldn’t like to take loans or borrow money but when the
options are limited and the imperative of development of infrastructure in the
country is there, what do we do?
“If we have to borrow, we have to borrow responsibly,
targeted at capital development and today I want to say without any fear of
contradiction that in every part of this country, there is infrastructural
development either in terms of roads, bridges, dams and so on and so forth.
“This is to tell you that we desire to develop our country
and that APC at all levels deserves the trust of Nigerians because we will
always tell Nigerians what it is. We won’t hide anything because you gave us
your trust.
“What you witness in Lagos is to tell you one of the best
the APC can do and we have many APC states that are working so hard to develop
those states.
“I want to assure Nigerians that APC as a political party is
the one that you can trust because, for us, the citizens of this country are
the most essential elements and people that we must always focus on,” Lawan
said.
The Senate President urged Lagosians to consider Governor
Sanwo-Olu for another term based on his commendable performance.
On the Senate President entourage from Abuja were Senator
Mohammed Sani Musa, Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele and Senator Yakubu Oseni.
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