Former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Baraje yesterday urged Nigerians to persevere with the President Muhammadu Buhari ’s administration in 2018.
Baraje, now a Boat of Trustees (BoT) member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), also hailed the President Buhari’s recent constitution of 209 board members
of Parastatals and ministries in the country.
Baraje, now a Boat of Trustees (BoT) member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), also hailed the President Buhari’s recent constitution of 209 board members
of Parastatals and ministries in the country.
Alhaji Baraje spoke in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital during the final of the Kwara state national Quranic competition.
Said he: “I concede that 2017 has been a year of challenges, if anybody says it was not a year challenges he must have come from the moon. I believe very sincerely that there is no hardship without a smooth end.
“And my message is patience, more perseverance, more endurance, we believe in God and our leaders, that we shall get there. I appeal to
our youths, our mothers and everybody to be patient with the government.
“2018 is a political year, the state government will continue its laudable programmes, but I promise you there will be changes in the
campaign promises of APC in Kwara state.
“The constitution of the 209 board members of the ministries and Parastatals shows that year 2018 will be a promising year. It is asign of good things to come in the new year; that means that President Muhammadu Buhari is making do with his campaign promises. I know President Buhari will fulfill his promises.”
He urged Kwara electorates “particularly our youths, it is their right to be restive, because an idle hand is the devil’s workshop. We are
not happy that the youths are not employed. But it is the economic hardship of the country that is actually causing the ripples. I believe that things can get better. Before the middle of 2018 we shall all begin to see changes.”
Said he: “I concede that 2017 has been a year of challenges, if anybody says it was not a year challenges he must have come from the moon. I believe very sincerely that there is no hardship without a smooth end.
“And my message is patience, more perseverance, more endurance, we believe in God and our leaders, that we shall get there. I appeal to
our youths, our mothers and everybody to be patient with the government.
“2018 is a political year, the state government will continue its laudable programmes, but I promise you there will be changes in the
campaign promises of APC in Kwara state.
“The constitution of the 209 board members of the ministries and Parastatals shows that year 2018 will be a promising year. It is asign of good things to come in the new year; that means that President Muhammadu Buhari is making do with his campaign promises. I know President Buhari will fulfill his promises.”
He urged Kwara electorates “particularly our youths, it is their right to be restive, because an idle hand is the devil’s workshop. We are
not happy that the youths are not employed. But it is the economic hardship of the country that is actually causing the ripples. I believe that things can get better. Before the middle of 2018 we shall all begin to see changes.”
…Denies rift between Saraki and Ahmed
On his comments that went viral on the social media alleging rift between Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed,
the APC chieftain said: “I’m so happy that my speech went viral in the social-media. Though the speech was delivered in Yoruba language, it was because we wanted the message to get to our people. What we said there was straight forward. In Nigeria today, hardly can you find anybody in whatever stratum that is not complaining of the economic hardship.
“So the first message I delivered was to plead with the entire people of the state and Nigerians as a whole on behalf of Senate President Bukola Saraki, that economic hardship is not only peculiar to Kwara state alone. It is a national issue and that very soon we shall overcome. And that the Senator Saraki has promised that youth
unemployment which, he made as part of his campaign promises would soon become a thing of the past. Indeed, he has started combating that, but he is yet to be satisfied. This is because of the economic hardship in the country and particularly his own handicap.
“We went further to say that he has convent with the people and that the people should always consider his covenant with them. That is why the mischief-makers went into the social media reading meanings to what we have said. But I am happy that the governor we have today is reasonable, experienced, knowledgeable and can read in-between the lines and I am sure the mischief-makers will not succeed where they are trying to cause confusion.
“Have you ever seen a situation where a man will contribute to the building of a house, right from foundation to completion levels, well painted, furnished and he that the house is beautiful. The next thing people are praising him for great edifice in collaboration with
others. The next thing he does to pick digger and starts to demolish it? I am part and parcel of this government. I helped to put the government together. I cannot be part and parcel of anything to pull it down.”
On his comments that went viral on the social media alleging rift between Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed,
the APC chieftain said: “I’m so happy that my speech went viral in the social-media. Though the speech was delivered in Yoruba language, it was because we wanted the message to get to our people. What we said there was straight forward. In Nigeria today, hardly can you find anybody in whatever stratum that is not complaining of the economic hardship.
“So the first message I delivered was to plead with the entire people of the state and Nigerians as a whole on behalf of Senate President Bukola Saraki, that economic hardship is not only peculiar to Kwara state alone. It is a national issue and that very soon we shall overcome. And that the Senator Saraki has promised that youth
unemployment which, he made as part of his campaign promises would soon become a thing of the past. Indeed, he has started combating that, but he is yet to be satisfied. This is because of the economic hardship in the country and particularly his own handicap.
“We went further to say that he has convent with the people and that the people should always consider his covenant with them. That is why the mischief-makers went into the social media reading meanings to what we have said. But I am happy that the governor we have today is reasonable, experienced, knowledgeable and can read in-between the lines and I am sure the mischief-makers will not succeed where they are trying to cause confusion.
“Have you ever seen a situation where a man will contribute to the building of a house, right from foundation to completion levels, well painted, furnished and he that the house is beautiful. The next thing people are praising him for great edifice in collaboration with
others. The next thing he does to pick digger and starts to demolish it? I am part and parcel of this government. I helped to put the government together. I cannot be part and parcel of anything to pull it down.”