Government officials who were used to having easy access to funds which had hitherto encouraged looting under the previous administrations no longer have such opportunities under the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari
This has made it impossible, according to the Director General of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
“I was in the PDP, the slogan was share the money. But here, we are not sharing money. And because we are not sharing money they are saying vote buying. Because they ran election with government money, eating, buying cars with government money and nobody cared. This is a government and a party that cares and in another four years when Nigerians see public funds they will work pass.
Amaechi who was speaking at the inauguration of the PCC by President Muhamamdu Buhari, at the International Conference Center, Abuja on Monday, said stealing has ceased since Buhari came on board, stressing that this was not so under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP, led administration.
“We are no longer stealing money. PDP stole the money meant to feed Nigerians and until they return it, they will not have peace.
Amaechi who disclosed that the APC campaign will be issues based, added that “ PDP has nothing to say to Nigerians, as we are determined to save Nigerians.
“The President said he will fight corruption that, he is doing.
The promised to create employment, improve the economy in continuous adding that “ We met a tattered economy that if we did nothing, Nigeria will be at a mess but today the economy has been growing.
“In fixing the economy we promised infrastructural development. When I took over as minister of transportation, GE approached me and said we have approached different governments for 11 years to allow us take over rail with our own money but nobody agreed, this government agreed. Before March we will sign a formal agreement of concession to a consortium that will take over the entire narrow gauge and run it.
Amaechi called on Nigerians to give the current regime more time as “ the change that we promise we cannot complete in four years. Anybody that says we can do so in four years must be a magician. What we are pleading with Nigerians for is another four years to consolidate on what we have started.
He assured that Nigeria, by the end of the next four years it will be different from the kind of 16 years of PDP rule.
“I appeal to Nigerians don’t give one vote to the PDP, they are hungry, they can’t stand poverty, they can’t stand not touching government money. Where money is given for prayers in Nigeria, I can pray in my church nobody is giving me money to go and pray.
“So as a team we must pass this message of the things we have done in government and the result is there for all to see and that is why I personally supervise the rail project in my ministry because we want to take a ride before the elections.
“So we must pass that message that we are not only talking about corruption but we are talking about what we have done that is different from PDP. What makes us different from the PDP is that we are not stealing public funds and the moment you pass this message one, we will win the elections.”
