The All Progressives Congress, APC’s National Chairman,
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has faulted some appointments made by the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
Describing the appointments as improper, Oyegun said that
such appointments had caused tension in the APC in the past two years of being
in power.
Oyegun stated this yesterday in Abuja while reviewing the
activities of the APC administration in its two years in office.
He noted that the period under review was rough both for the
government and Nigerians because the government was preparing a new economic
blueprint for Nigerians.
The APC leader, however, expressed his satisfaction with the
performance of the Buhari administration, adding that having rebuilt and
gradually returned the economy to the present stage, the government would use
the remaining two years of its mandate to deliver the benefits of democracy
and the desired change it promised Nigerians.
Oyegun said, “I must be very honest and frank, the reward
system and appointment hasn’t been as pleasant to the party as it ought to be,
part of them haven’t been well thought out as it ought to be.
“We have cases which wouldn’t have happened where
individuals who are in court with our elected officials, one case a governor
which is now at the Supreme Court has been given appointments.
“We have cases at least one or two known current appointees
of the PDP have been given, we have cases where in a particular state from the
same local government, I think going to the same ward, three people have been
given appointments and these things and many more is that we have a lot of
cases where faces not known to the party during the most difficult part of the
struggle have gotten appointments. So, it has caused a lot of disquiet within
the party.
“Yes, we have had two hard years of blocking all the
loopholes; two years of rebuilding the fractured natural resources; preparing
a new base of economy blueprint for the Nigerian nation to take off. It has
started to bear fruit but until it sits down the ordinary man will not
recognise that we have taken the turn for the home stretch.
“In the next two years, we expect massive implementation;
accomplishment as far as the new railway system is concerned. I think they will
finish the Lagos-Ibadan end by the end of next year and most of the others,
people will see them generate income and employment.
“In the field of solid minerals, a lot of work has been done
and also a lot of interest is being generated by those who want to process
locally.
“Those are some of the things that are happening; minerals
are being shipped abroad in large quantity and a lot of these are going to be
processed locally with backward integration in mining activities,” he said.
By John Owen Nwachukwu
