Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, yesterday declared that Nigeria would have disintegrated if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP continued in power, stressing that the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government is trying to rebuild the country after it was bastardized by the immediate past government of Goodluck Jonathan.
The Chairman of the Northern Nigeria Governors’ Forum stated this in Owerri, the Imo State capital, while fielding questions from newsmen when he visited Governor Rochas Okorocha with the governors of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Bello and Jigawa State, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar.
While assuring that the fuel scarcity being experienced in the country would end in a couple of weeks, he disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has put necessary machinery in place to get things right.
According to him, “the hiccups faced by the nation at the moment were expected, as the APC government is in the process of rebuilding the nation from the bastardized state it was left by the PDP.
“When PDP was misruling the country, the price of oil was hovering around 140 dollars per barrel. The price has now plummeted to less than 40 dollars per barrel. It is to the credit of President Buhari that the nation is still moving despite the decline in revenue. If the PDP had continued in power, the nation would have disintegrated.”
Shettima continued that, “the integrity of the president has earned Nigeria respect in the global community as corruption has reduced drastically and impunity is a thing of the past now. Nigerians should give President Buhari the benefit of doubt because he has shown sincerity in his desire to build a nation of our collective dreams and aspirations.”
The Borno Governor, who stated that Boko Haram has been dealt a deadly blow by the APC-led Federal Government, disclosed that all the roads that were previously closed have been reopened while local governments have been recovered from the insurgents.
“The APC government has scored a great deal in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. All the roads in Borno State have been opened for business unlike before when Boko Haram was occupying some local government areas,” he stated.
On his part, Governor Okorocha said: “There was enough evidence that Nigeria was almost going down the drain before the emergence of the APC government. God loves this country and that is why he brought APC at this point in time to save the nation from imminent collapse.”
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