Senate Minority Leader George Akume has said this year’s Independence anniversary has come at a time when all hopes appear lost.
He said in a statement yesterday: “Nigerians have been gripped by the fear of insecurity. Besides armed robbery, kidnapping and political assassination, insurgency has brought death to our footsteps. Government should tackle it.
“It is regrettable that a government, which came to power on the promise of providing fresh air, has not only failed to live up to its promise, but has also failed to justify its existence by providing the minimal constitutional expectations of any democratic government. “The President Goodluck Jonathan administration has failed to protect life and property.
Boko Haram started as a small rebel group, which the late President Umaru Yar’adua was poised to crush. His failing health and death robbed the nation of a patriotic leader. Under President Jonathan, Boko Haram has been provided with the enabling environment to prosper to such an extent that it has overpowered the Army and is a threat to international peace and security.
“Instead of providing Nigeria with fresh air, the government has polluted the air with an endless chain of scandals: The fuel subsidy scam in which top Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) men featured with their children, the theft of $20 billion from our oil revenue and the illegal export to South Africa of $9.3 million by faceless people using a jet owned by the President’s friend, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.
“The situation looks hopeless. I enjoin Nigerians not to lose hope but to rally round the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the only hope for the country. I advise Nigerians to vote for the APC so that we can save our great nation from doom.
“The PDP has failed woefully to solve Nigeria’s problems. It has failed because the government it has set up is not only incompetent, but is also corrupt and is led by people, who have no vision. It is only the APC that has the capacity to rescue the country from the abyss that the PDP government has plunged it into on its 54th anniversary as an independent nation
