[wysija_form id=”1″]March 19, 2015 – Less than nine days to the President election, Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari remained unapologetic for the excesses he committed during the period that he held sway as head of military junta between 1983 and 1985.
He however said that he accepted responsibility for all that he did while he was in power. Buhari who was addressing a gathering of women in the South West at Habour Port, in Lagos, said a thorough examination of the records of the Supreme Military Council will reveal why his government carried out some of the execution at that time.
“I accept what I did as a leader. It is true that the bulk stops at my table. I can’t undo the past”, he said.
Buhari who spoke passionately at the event said that Nigeria is in a vicious circle and confronted with three fundamental problem of insecurity, devaluation of the Naira and corruption adding that the APC government would require inputs from all Nigerians to break that vicious circle.
He said that unless that is done, the future will remain bleak for Nigerians. Buhari explained he will fight corruption and that the money that would accrue to the state from the fight would be ploughed into education.
He said that the youths make up 60 percent of the population of Nigeria and that 50 percent of these are unemployed.
Buhari said his government will ensure that women are empowered through state financial institutions adding that he cannot promise more since he is not yet on the saddle. But in terms of concreate plans for employment, he said the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has already set precedence for other states in the federation and the Federal government.
The APC flag bearer said his government would provide affordable accommodation such that Nigerians are able to access loans through financial institutions to build houses where they can live upon retirement and that the programme will be implemented in line with the APC manifesto.
Speaking on the menace of cultism in higher institutions , Buhari said the economic situation is making most parents to jettison their responsibility on the home front and stressed the dangers of abdicating such responsibility.
According to him, the rate of development of children in modern times is so overwhelming that at age 7, they seem to know everything and called on parents to handled them properly to prevent a situation where they will be hijacked by bad elements in the society.
Also speaking on the menace of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), the APC governorship candidate in Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode said that government must be commended for setting up the agency adding that like every agency there are bound to be bad eggs.
He said government will deal with the bad eggs but that if elected, his APC government will deploy technology to in the management of traffic such that a LASTMA official does not need to enter your car to enforce law but that plate numbers of offenders will be captured and the bill sent to homes of offenders.
The APC team later addressed artisans in Lagos State and later moved to Agege stadium for a rally with Arewa in Lagos as part of effort to drum up support for General Muhammadu Buhari.
