A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and the
party's senatorial candidate for the Akwa Ibom
North-West senatorial district, Chief Inibehe Okori,
has said that the President-elect, Muhammadu
Buhari, will shock critics with his pronouncements
on May 29.
Speaking in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on
Sunday, Okori stated that Buhari would prove to
Nigerians and the international community that
corruption would be checked as soon as the
president-elect settled down to work.
He added that Buhari's proclamation, dedication and
discipline will go a long way in restoring hope, faith
and confidence of the citizens in the country.
He said, "Unlike other presidents who were not
prepared for leadership but foisted on the country by
individuals and interest groups, the President-elect
has consistently presented himself to the electorate
to lead the country on four occasions and had his
visions well enunciated.
"Buhari is taking over government on May 29 and
from that day, I expect that he will make major
pronouncements that will position Nigeria for
greatness. This country must have a direction and
move in the way it should. We don't have any reason
to be poor. We have no reason to remain the way we
are – not after earning more than $50bn annually
from oil and gas."
Explaining that the expectations of the people from
the incoming administration were high, he noted that
there was the need for Nigerians to be patient with
Buhari's administration because "Rome was not built
in a day."
He said that within the period of one year of Buhari's
presidency, the international perception about the
country would change and Nigeria would regain her
rightful place in the comity of nations.
Okori lamented the poor state of the Uyo-Afaha-
Nkan-Nkwot- Nnung-Ukum Road which had
remained motorists' nightmare, regretting that the
people of Ikono were made to suffer untold hardship
from "a government that claimed it had already
completed the road at the cost of N26.4bn in the
2014 budget."
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