APC not keen on national development – Jonathan’s Campaign Council

Deputy National Director General of Jonathan’s Campaign Council (South) and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the comments by the Director General of Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as not showing enough evidence of genuine concern about the future of the nation.

He also said several statements credited to Amaechi and prominent members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were misleading and capable of inciting the people to disturb public peace.
In a statement made available to newsmen, Obi, who was reacting to statements recently credited to Amaechi, that the Federal Government was treating the insurgency in the North with levity, pointed out that General Mohammadu Buhari, as an elder statesman with full access to the president, would have stepped forward with ideas on security, if he had any.
He disagreed with Amaechi’s claim that Buhari had the magic wands to end insurgency, observing that the general was being presented as an unpatriotic Nigerian who was not moved by anything except the desire to get into office and be seen as a messiah.
He wondered if patriotic Nigerians should wait for political powers before saving their country.
He warned that certain things should be seen beyond the realm of politics for the good of the country.
Obi, who recounted the efforts of Mr. President towards solving the Boko Haram menace said: “Who in this country is not aware of many bilateral meetings Jonathan had been holding with neighbouring countries to stop insurgency? Who is not aware of the invitation to even foreigners in search of solution to the menace?”
On the accusation of corruption, Obi said it was a global problem that was not peculiar to the PDP. He said everybody heard the report of how naira and dollars exchanged hands during APC conventions. He said Jonathan recognized the problem of corruption and was building institutions to stop it. Using fertilizer distribution as an example, Obi said due to institutional measures put in place, corruption in that area had been reduced by over 90 per cent.
The Sun