Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party has delivered the “change” it promised Nigerians. Adamu spoke on Tuesday at the flag-off of the APC presidential campaign in Jos.

The APC chairman said the party is honoured to have President Muhammadu Buhari in person at the inauguration of the campaign, adding that his presence shows commitment to the party and all its candidates.

Adamu also said Buhari’s achievements surpassed those of his predecessors, in infrastructure and other areas. "I ask you all to stand up and applaud Buhari for a job well done,” Adamu said. Our party has performed creditably well. We promised change and we delivered change.”

He also said the handover of the party’s flag to Bola Tinubu, its presidential candidate, is a symbol of authority to lead the party into the 2023 elections.

According to him, the flag is the banner of the party and must remain “clean” at all times. We must not do anything that will stain the banner. It will stain when we fail to be good ambassadors and faithful servants of the party,” he said.

“We stain the banner when we do things that negate free, fair and credible elections. It is not over until it is over. Until the trophy of victory is in our bag, we will not rest.” In his remarks, Buhari said the party is ready to support Tinubu all the way.

“The party has taken a stand and we are going to support and campaign for him to be elected president of Nigeria,” Buhari said.I am not going to read a long speech. I am here to hand over our party’s flag to him.”

......The last 7 years of Buhari and APC stepped up the nations gloom and doom to the extent that for the first time since the end of the civil war in 1970, our resilience is being tested to a breaking point.

The daily harvest of needless death in the hands of terrorists of all shades, our national economic collapse leading to untold hardship, the oppressive extravagance of the ruling class, the hopelessness in our broken health, educational infrastructure and many more are palpable testaments to our recent history presided over by President Buhari and his cronies...."

Without mincing words, APC has not only failed in its promises, but it has engineered a retrogression of the country, especially in the areas of security and economy. There are disturbing statistics on fuel, debts, unemployment, inflation, insecurity and others.

The unemployment rate was 8.19% in 2015 when APC took over, but now it is 33.3%. A US dollar is exchanged at N720 in the parallel market now. It was N198 in 2015. While the country’s debt status was N9.8 trillion in 2015, it stands at N41.6 trillion and the list is endless.

Tinubu’s APC cannot say Nigeria is fine under its rule, and Nigerians are waiting for the ruling party at the polls, and it is the party that Tinubu formed as a platform to achieve his lifelong ambition

These are the extent of damage that the APC has wrecked and Tinubu is using the same platform for his campaigns. It is with keen interest that the Nigerian people await the campaigns to commence.

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Adamu also said Buhari’s achievements surpassed those of his predecessors, in infrastructure and other areas. "I ask you all to stand up and applaud Buhari for a job well done,” Adamu said. Our party has performed creditably well. We promised change and we delivered change.”