Senator Joseph Waku says Nigerians may reject APC in
2019 if the party fails to deliver on its promises reports Vanguard.
He says President Buhari has good intentions, but
there are saboteurs around who do not want him to succeed.
The former lawmaker describes the proposed sale of
national assets as primitive Senator Joseph Waku, a former chairman, Senate
Committee on Water Resources, has said Nigerians may reject All Progressives
Congress (APC) in 2019 if the party failed to deliver on its promises.
According to the former senator representing Benue North-West, President
Muhammadu Buhari has good intentions, but there saboteurs around who do not
want him to succeed. Waku, who recently became a septuagenarian, said:
“The ruling APC should not take Nigerians for granted
over the promises they made, because failure to meet their expectations may
lead to rejection of the party in 2019. “My sincere worry is that President
Muhammadu Buhari has good intentions, but there are many saboteurs around who
do not want him to succeed.”
On
the proposed sale of national assets, Waku described it as primitive, saying
“you cannot sell off the sovereignty of the country.
How much are the national assets worth? Can their sale solve the present
problems? “There is no country in the world that can run without foreign loans
to be repaid within agreed terms. Some Nigerians who have tried brining foreign
partners have been blocked.
“There are lots of opportunities we can exploit to get
out of this recession within the shortest possible period. But it all depends
on the willingness of the federal government to exploit such.” However, he
commended the federal government for dropping the case of forgery against the
Senate president Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu. Waku, who served
as a senator in the fourth republic and is a chieftain of the APC noted that
his party won the 2015 election because most of the politicians on the
platform, rode on Buhari’s honesty to win the 2015 election.
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