Since he was a member of the administration and saw projects completed by the administration, Senator Chris Ngige, the former minister of labor and employment, has maintained that the All Progressives Congress government of former President Muhammadu Buhari was not a failure.
Ngige enumerated the projects completed by the previous administration, including the Second Niger Bridge, school food programs, and the Enugu Airport.
While giving out palliative care to natives from the state’s 21 local government areas, the former governor of Anambra State made these remarks in a Saturday interview with media in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area.
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He clarified that his group is still the legitimate APC in Anambra, stating that there
“It is untrue that the Buhari administration was a failure,” he declared. When I worked for the government, we finished a number of projects, such as the nationwide school food program, the Second Niger Bridge, and several railroads.
In Anambra State, there are two APC chapters. I refuse to dispute that. Since I am the face and the father of the APC in Anambra State, I can say with certainty that we have new members who joined since 2021. Since the party is comparable to a church, you cannot prevent people from joining to support the ruling party or from entering a church to seek salvation.
We welcome all members, but there is already a divide because the newcomers don’t want to deal with the veterans who have served the party since we were the SDP, ACD, AC, and ACN, and who helped us become the APC after we broke up with the NNPP and CPC. I dislike denying the existence of facts, and these are facts.
In response to questions on how the APC will defeat the APGA, which is now in power in Anambra, for the state’s governorship in 2025, Ngige stated, “Don’t worry for us, this is politics and in politics you disagree to agree.” If you disagree one day, you will pay the price. We couldn’t agree on anything during the 2021 election, and Anambra State’s outcome was evident.
“I have hope that the APC will win the Anambra seat in 2025 because, in life, hopelessness breeds suicidal thoughts. Thus, optimism is present. It is the APC’s watchword. Although we haven’t completed the tasks at hand, I am optimistic that by the time the gubernatorial election occurs in 2025,
The former minister stated, “I am still on sabbatical leave, resting, and by the end of May this year when I would have rested for one year, I will decide and publicize my next line of action.” He also pledged to give out more food items to citizens the next week, such as cartons of tomatoes and bags of garri.
“Instead of giving out 2,000 bags of rice like we did previously, we gave out 4,500 bags this time along with yams since a lot of homes and people are hungry, but I don’t want to call it poverty.
Nigeria was unlucky in the previous farming season, as flooding and banditry devastated farms. APC members, those with disabilities, and the elderly from Anambra State’s 21 Local Government Areas comprise the three groups of individuals we are feeding because Anambra State’s food-producing areas were impacted and a greater number of our people fell into that category.