PDP Founding Member Drums Support For Buhari

One of the founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Guy Ike Ikokwu, has appealed to Nigerians to support president Muhammadu Buhari or face the consequences.

The legal practitioner, who spoke with Vanguard, explained that Nigerians have to rally round the Nigerian leader to achieve the pre-election ‘change’ mantra in the next 100 days in office.

“The whole of Nigerian nationalities in the last five months of this year have been enormously enamoured by the change mantra of the Buhari’s and the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign ideology, which was vividly summarized on issues of insecurity, economy and corruption, gross unemployment and electricity.

 

“Since President Buhari’s inauguration a month ago, he has been engrossed on the resolution of these issues and his ruling political party, APC, has also been engrossed in the issues of governance and the objective rather than the subjective criteria for the implementation of the mantra.

While advising the National Assembly members on their responsibilities to deliver the goods to the numerous Nigerians who voted for them, Ikokwu stated that they have only 100 days to show Nigerians the change that they desired.

“Both the presidency and the legislature at the National Assembly have 100 days each for the transformation agenda in their change mantra.

 

“If the Boko Haram insurrection is not suppressed in the Northern Region, to make way for the economic transformation of the North East zone, in particular, Nigerians will become disillusioned.

 

“On the other hand, the National Assembly can within the next 100 days achieve the constitutional restructuring of the nation into a truly federal nation with a truly fiscal federal structure in other to pave the way for the diversification of the economy, enhancement of education and employment and a rapid increase in the electrification of the urban and rural areas of the country,” he noted.The politician also explained the consequences of not having the change enough as Nigerians are increasingly growing impatient with the Nigerian president, especially with the recent spate of bombings in the country.

Ikokwu said: 

“The time is now and Nigerians have the capacity to claim the above areas of transformation and change mantra. This change can come but if it doesn’t, it would lead to total disillusionment, disenfranchisement, apathy, inequities and separatist tendencies of all sorts to our own political, economic, social and cultural detriment.”

Nigerians recently referred to the president as “Baba Go Slow” for his failure to take drastic measures to avert the brewing crisis in the country’s economy and political sphere.