If the word spoken by mortal had the potency of transmuting to action then the People’s Democratic Party should be ready to forget about being addressed as the ruling party, come 2015. This is because the National Chairman of the All Progressives Party (APC), Chief John Oyegun, has insisted that PDP’s 15 years of alleged inept administration must be terminated by the APC through next year’s presidential election.
The National Chairman of the main opposition party in the country added that the nation cannot survive with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still being in power. His position was corroborated by two of his party men: former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, who further harped on the fact that the nation was running a faulty system.
They all spoke in the course of the 3rd Progressive Governance Lectures Series held in Owerri, Imo State capital, with the theme: “Dealing with the Challenge of Building a Physically Healthy Nation through Preventive, Protective and Innovative Medicare.”
For Oyegun, the political mission of the APC was to replace what he termed the inept and visionless administration of the PDP which has brought untold hardship on the people.
His words, “the present PDP administration at the centre must come to an end in 2015, that is the mission before us. Our mission is simple and we must do everything within our powers that is legitimate to bring the 15 years of PDP’s inept administration to an end. The problems of Nigeria are as a result of a totally visionless and clueless leadership. Today, Nigeria ranks among the lowest in the world in all facets of modern society.”
The National Chairman was emphatic that endemic corruption had undermined all sectors of the society and alleged that: “corruption has become the sole business of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. This shows that the PDP government needs change to save Nigeria from impending collapse. But the good news is that every Nigerian (knows) the PDP leadership needs change and they look on to us as the vehicle of change.”
On his part, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who was the chairman of the event, said the country was operating a dysfunctional system and called for devolution of more powers to the states to enable them drive development and check corruption.
Noting that the Federal Government had no business in agriculture, education, health as well as infrastructure development, Atiku said: “the Federal Government should as a matter of urgency hand over some of the functions to the state governments and provide them with funds to effectively develop the sectors.”
Earlier in an address, the host governor and Chairman of APC Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha, informed that the nation’s health sector was a source of concern despite some noteworthy efforts being made to improve the sector in some states.
According to him, the healthcare sector is in a shambles, insisting that the Millennium Development Goals of reducing infant mortality, maternal mortality and the occurrence of HIV, malaria and tuberculosis had not been met.
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