Mu’azu: Nothing for APC to Change

 National chairman of PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu ‎

By Chuks Okocha in Abuja

As the presidential campaigns go into the final lap, the national chairman of PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu ‎on Monday said contrary to the opposition party, APC’s slogan of change, there was really nothing for them to change in the polity as the ruling Peoples Democratic Party had already put in place all the proper mechanisms for the growth of the country.

In a statement signed by Mu’azu's media assistant, Tony Amadi, he said, "When the campaign started, it was clear that the opposition had gone far in distorting the achievements of our great party. When they shout change, they don’t tell Nigerians what they want to change. Do they want to change the sound educational policy of the PDP which has been hailed all around the country as the route to transformation of the country’s democratic institutions?

"In the North, the popularity of our Almajiri schools system has finally solved the educational backwardness in the three zones of the giant North. We shall follow this up with a revolution of the Normadic Education system started positively by the Babangida regime in the 1980’s and we would have wiped out ignorance."

On the security crisis in the country, Mu'azu said, "Positive results are emerging from the combined forces of our neighbours who have realized that Boko Haram is not just a threat to Nigeria, but also a major regional threat and the need for a combined effort to wipe out this El Quaida inspired menace should be dealt a fatal blow by a combined regional force. What will APC change in tackling insurgency as they have claimed every day of the campaign? Absolutely nothing! All that they will change is that they will apply their propaganda expertise and confuse Nigerians even more.”

"The PDP… is up, running and is unstoppable. Political campaigning is not about mounting the soap box and shouting APC Change! APC Change! Change without proper analysis and costing is simply time wasting.

“I expect that the APC should have handed down what their budget would look like this year if they won, and show Nigerians where they will get the money to finance their mountain of promises, but nothing of the sort has yet happened as campaign closes.

"This is the least that Nigerians deserve, not a conglomeration of failed political parties with nothing to offer than to promise heaven and earth. If the PDP was merely lily-livered, it should have collapsed with all the poaching of our best brains and the defection of our members. Yes, we were knocked down, but we are not out. We have in fact stood up to their challenge and now pummelling them to submission.”

Mu’azu therefore expressed optimism that the PDP was heading towards a massive electoral victory.

According to him, "As our robust and issue-based campaigns go into its final week, the Peoples Democratic party is very much on course for a deserved victory at the forthcoming polls. We have put our best foot forward and in reviewing the campaign tour so far, I have no reason to doubt that victory will be the reward of our hard work, In sha Allah."

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