Put your differences aside and support Buhari 
– APC national chairman, John Odigie Oyegun has unveiled his speech on democracy day
 – The speech talks about President Muhammadu Buhari’s adminisration since it begun 
– He also highlights the crippling economy in the country

APC national chairman, John Odigie Oyegun

 The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to keep their differences aside and work with the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration for effective results. In a statement, he said Buhari worked hard to
repair Nigeria’s previously tarnished image in the international community. He also said the President restored the territorial integrity of our country by ensuring the containment of the erstwhile rampaging Boko Haram insurgency and has waged an unrelenting and vigorous war against corruption as he promised in his electioneering campaign. The statement read in parts: “Twelve months ago, President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn into office after the decisive victory of our great party in the general elections that marked 16 years of unbroken democratic rule in Nigeria. “On behalf of the National Working Committee, elders, leaders and the teeming members of our Party, I wish to convey my immeasurable gratitude to our fellow compatriots for their unprecedented confidence and trust in President Muhammadu Buhari and the Party. “The APC assures all Nigerians that the party and the President hold as very sacred this collective trust, which the President has so creditably discharged this past one year. “The President, being fully aware of the tough economic challenges facing Nigerians, has directed his focus on the salvaging of our battered and prostrate economy. Oyegun said the state of the economy inherited by this administration has been further battered by the collapse of the price of crude oil and the massive corruption by the past administration. He also said the government has courageously faced these challenges by taking tough decisions necessary to bring our economy back to buoyancy and self-sustaining growth. Oyegun said one of such tough but inevitable decisions is the liberalization of the petroleum downstream sector and the consequent hike in petrol price which led to a call out of workers on an indefinite strike by Organised Labour. “We thank Nigerians for their understanding of the situation and also Organised Labour for resuming negotiation with government. “I want to assure that the APC administration of President Buhari holds your trust to be sacred and will do all that is humanly possible to ensure that these tough times do not last. The 2016 budget which includes N500 billion dedicated to social intervention will begin to have positive impact very soon. “I call on all our compatriots to put aside any differences and join with President Muhammadu Buhari to design and lay a strong foundation for a new economy that assures self-sustaining growth and shared prosperity for our people. “In the words of our dear President Buhari, ‘this generation of Nigerians and indeed all Nigerians have no other country to call our own, we must work together to salvage it. “Finally, I wish once more to congratulate all our compatriots for another successful year of democracy in our dear country Nigeria,” said Oyegun.