Our plans for Nigeria are doable ─ Osinbajo

The vice presidential candidate of
the All Progressives Congress, Prof.
Yemi Osinbajo, says his plans and
those of the presidential candidate
of the party, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari (rted), can be achieved.
He added that only those who were
corrupt were scared of being
probed if the retired general won
the March 28, 2015 presidential
election.
Osinbajo, according to a statement
on Sunday, spoke at an interactive
session with some Christian and
Muslim leaders at a forum
organised by the All Christian
Leaders Ministers Forum.
The vice presidential candidate
said it was the resolve of the APC
and Buhari to tackle corruption
headlong.
He said, “Buhari’s stance against
corruption has been the major
headache for his opponents. It is
the reason that they have
embarked on mudslinging to run
down Buhari rather than embark on
a issue-based campaign.
“The APC manifesto and our plans
to feed pupils of the public school a
meal per day, youth empowerment
programme, trainning programme
for graduates after their national
youth service and encouragement
of farmers by buying their farm
produce, among others can be
achieved with transparency and
accountability, which we are
bringing to the table.”
Osinbajo also accused the
Jonathan-led government of
bastardising the nation’s economy
by allowing oil theft to thrive.
He assured Nigerians that such
would be a thing of the past when
the APC formed the next
government at the federal level.
Meanwhile, the Christian
Association of Nigeria, Lagos State
branch, has appealed to politicians
to encourage their supporters to
embrace peace before, during and
after the general elections.
The chairman of the state chapter
of CAN, Apostle Alexander
Bamgbola, made the appeal while
talking on the 2015 edition of the
Interdenominational Divine Service
of CAN coming up at the Apostolic
Church, LAWNA, on the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway, Lagos.
Bamgbola said the message of
Christians to all politicians was to
eschew violence and embrace
peace, adding that the
gubernatorial candidates
contesting in Lagos State had been
invited to the programme on
Saturday.
He said, “We have formally invited
all contestants individually to this
year’s service, with the purpose of
praying for them and encouraging
them to embrace peace.”
On the President Goodluck
Jonathan’s alleged bribery of the
leadership of CAN, Bamgbola
advised Nigerians to be careful of
what they believe, adding that in a
political era, people would say
anything to boost their chances.