I will make naira equal in value to dollar – Buhari

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said he would ensure that the Naira was equal to the dollar in value, if voted into office.

Buhari stated this during the South-East presidential rally of the party at Dan Anyima Stadium, Owerri.

“It is sad that the value of the naira has dropped to more than N230 to one dollar; this does not speak well for the nation’s economy,’’ he said.

He urged the people to vote for APC, noting that he would ensure that corruption was tackled headlong if elected. Earlier, Gov Rochas Okorocha had urged APC supporters to vote for the party’s candidates at all levels, noting that a vote for Buhari without support to others at the state would amount to nothing.
Okorocha said Buhari would address the problem of electricity, bring back the kidnapped Chibok girls and promote industrial growth.

He said that Buhari was loved by the people in the region and urged them to elect him and other APC candidates during the March 28 and April 11 general elections.

Former governor of Anambra, Mr Chinwoke Mbadinuju and former Minister of Education, Chinwe Obaji, were formally welcomed to the APC at the rally.

NAN reports that the rally was attended by APC supporters from Abia, Ebonyi, Anambra, Enugu and Imo.

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T. A. Orji Could Rule Abia State for Another 8 Years

In Nigerian politics, incredible things are not same as impossible things. Things that never happen in any clime or culture happen here in Nigeria; no wonder we are the ‘giants of Africa’. So don’t be shocked to hear that T.A. Orji could rule Abia for the next eight years, even when there is no such provision in the law.

Apart from the December 8, 2014 governorship primaries of the ruling party, PDP that was reportedly bereft of internal democracy, which eventually produced one of T.A. Orji’s puppet as the party’s flag bearer for this year’s election, Abia Redemption Group, has observed, as reported through its national coordinator, Chigozie Agbakwo, that,

            “98 percent of candidates that are returned for State House of Assembly in Abia State are either T.A. Orji’s Pas, Commissioners or relations, including his son (popularly known as ‘Ikuku’), who is being prepared to take over the governorship position of the state by proxy, after the 2015 election”

The calculation is simple: If Okezie wins; Ikuku is the Governor by proxy; and if Ikuku is on seat; T.A. Orji has extended his rule for another 8 years. Do I say, Congrats to the longest serving governor in Nigeria history!

Abias have got a choice to make- to either allow T.A. Orji perpetuate himself; or go all the way to support and promote true democracy for once. Seeing APGA carrying the day at last