New Year: Brighter days are ahead of us - APC
The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has urged Nigerians to collectively look to the New Year 2018 with renewed optimism and vigour.
Chief Odigie-Oyegun, in a New Year message, which he personally signed and issued yesterday in Abuja, expressed optimism that brighter days are ahead of all Nigerians.
The APC national chairman, who said that 2017 was not only an eventful year but also a challenging one for many persons, thanked Nigerians for their continuous support and prayers for the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the party.
“Let us join in the effort to build a more vibrant nation that every Nigerian will be proud of. Let us join and support the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration in the ongoing task of building a new Nigeria for our progress, peace, unity and prosperity,” he also said.
He said with the right ethics, morality, attitudes and priorities, the country would get out of the current societal morass that had found expression in economic challenges, bad politics, ethno-religious divisions and other negative aspects sooner than sceptics believed it was possible.
Chief Odigie-Oyegun assured Nigerians that the administration was still working to address the challenges, especially on the economy and meet their expectations.
He said, “We remain focussed and solidly committed to delivering on our Party’s 2015 election promises which were largely hinged on curbing corruption, restoring the economy and the security of the nation.
“Happily, the President Buhari administration is making good progress and already delivering on many fronts such as restoring our country to its deserved standing among the comity of progressive nations; fighting corruption and repairing our value system; diversifying our economic revenue base, creating jobs and economic opportunities for Nigerians; bringing succour to the insurgency-ravaged NorthEast; reforming the oil, defence, pensions and other critical sectors and creating a world-class transport system, among others.
“We can only downplay the ramifications of corruption at our peril. Corruption has for long enabled its perpetrators to divert resources for delivering development to the citizenry and as a result bred discontent, which religious bigots and ethnic jingoists take advantage of to create insecurity and other societal malaise,” he stated.
He identified the enthronement and entrenchment of quality and accountable leadership in governance as the solution to the current challenges.