APC Thanks Nigerians, Urges More Support For Buhari

Abuja – As The President Muhammadu Buhari Celebrates His First Anniversary

Today, His Party, The All Progressives Congress Apc Has Thanked

Nigerians For Their

Support In The Past 12 Months, Promising To Do More To Improve On

Their Wellbeing.

In A Statement Signed By Its Chairman, Chief John Odigie-oyegun, Apc Said The

President Has Creditably Discharged The Confidence Reposed In Him

During The Last

General Elections.

The Statement Reads In Part;

"twelve Months Ago, President Muhammadu Buhari Was Sworn Into Office After The

Decisive Victory Of Our Great Party In The General Elections That

Marked 16 Years Of

Unbroken Democratic Rule In Nigeria.

"on Behalf Of The National Working Committee, Elders, Leaders And The Teeming

Members Of Our Party, I Wish To Convey My Immeasurable Gratitude To Our Fellow

Compatriots For Their Unprecedented Confidence And Trust In President Muhammadu

Buhari And The Party.

"the Apc Assures All Nigerians That The Party And The President Hold As Very

Sacred This Collective Trust, Which The President Has So Creditably

Discharged This

Past One Year.

"president Buhari Has, In The Last Year, Worked Hard To Repair

Nigeria's Previously

Tarnished Image In The International Community; Restored The

Territorial Integrity Of

Our Country By Ensuring The Containment Of The Erstwhile Rampaging Boko Haram

Insurgency And Has Waged An Unrelenting And Vigorous War Against Corruption As

He Promised In His Electioneering Campaign.

"the President, Being Fully Aware Of The Tough Economic Challenges Facing

Nigerians, Has Directed His Focus On The Salvaging Of Our Battered And Prostrate

Economy.

"the Very Parlous State Of The Economy Inherited By This

Administration, Which Has

Been Further Battered By The Collapse Of The Price Of Crude Oil And The Massive

Corruption By The Past Administration, Does Not Need Any Further Restating.

However, The Government Has Courageously Faced These Challenges By Taking Tough

Decisions Necessary To Bring Our Economy Back To Buoyancy And Self-sustaining

Growth.

"one Of Such Tough But Inevitable Decisions Is The Liberalization Of

The Petroleum

Downstream Sector And The Consequent Hike In Petrol Price Which Led To

A Call Out

Of Workers On An Indefinite Strike By Organised Labour.

"we Thank Nigerians For Their Understanding Of The Situation And Also Organised

Labour For Resuming Negotiation With Government.

"i Want To Assure That The Apc Administration Of President Buhari

Holds Your Trust

To Be Sacred And Will Do All That Is Humanly Possible To Ensure That These Tough

Times Do Not Last. The 2016 Budget Which Includes N500 Billion

Dedicated To Social

Intervention Will Begin To Have Positive Impact Very Soon.

"i Call On All Our Compatriots To Put Aside Any Differences And Join

With President

Muhammadu Buhari To Design And Lay A Strong Foundation For A New Economy That

Assures Self-sustaining Growth And Shared Prosperity For Our People.

In The Words

Of Our Dear President Buhari, 'this Generation Of Nigerians And Indeed

All Nigerians

Have No Other Country To Call Our Own, We Must Work Together To Salvage It".