{"id":13558,"date":"2018-11-19T10:35:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T10:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=13558"},"modified":"2018-11-19T10:35:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T10:35:08","slug":"2019-buhari-is-making-previous-errors-says-ezekwesili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=13558","title":{"rendered":"2019:\u00a0Buhari\u00a0is making previous errors, says Ezekwesili\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

***says he deceived Nigerians with restructuring in 2019<\/strong>
\n***says lives have been devalued, cheapened under\u00a0Buhari<\/strong>
\nThe presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN),\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Oby\u00a0Ezekwesili, has expressed dissatisfaction with the challenges confronting Nigeria, saying that the same mistakes of previous administrations were being repeated by President Muhammadu\u00a0Buhari.
\nSpeaking in Abuja on Monday, barely one day after flagging off her campaign,\u00a0for the 2019 elections,\u00a0Ezekwesili\u00a0said Nigeria needed a leader like her to make the country\u00a0realise\u00a0its potentials.
\nShe warned Nigerians not to resign to low standards by voting opposition parties, especially the\u00a0Peoples\u00a0Democratic Party or All Progressives Congress.
\nPresident\u00a0Buhari\u00a0had last week also warned Nigerians against voting the PDP in the forthcoming presidential elections, saying that any other party could produce the next president but not the PDP.
\nEzekwesili\u00a0said, \u201cSometimes it is hard to believe Nigeria\u2019s greatness in the midst of our daily struggles, and as we watch our country repeat the same mistakes over and over again. It is hard to remember the contributions our country has made for freedom and peace across the African continent.
\n\u201cI cannot stand it when we choose to accept mediocrity or resign ourselves to lowly standards. Nigeria can do much better. I care about Nigeria and Nigerians enough to know that the back-to-back failed leadership has held us back for far too long, and if we do not take a stand and take our country back, they would still be here in years to come, holding back our children and their children. God forbid!\u201d
\nShe assured Nigerians that she would fulfil her electoral promises, adding that a situation where elected candidates deny their promises was bad for Nigeria\u2019s growth.
\n\u201cThe APC campaigned in 2015 on a manifesto that propagated the doctrine of restructuring. President\u00a0Buhariwent along with it every step of the way because it is all about getting into power for him. He won and then began to renege on his promises, including on restructuring. He suddenly remembered all the reasons why \u2018structure is not the problem\u2019 with Nigeria.
\n\u201cI want to reignite belief in Nigeria\u2019s greatness by leading a government that would make clear promises to citizens and deliver on them, not like the current leadership which spent its first year in office denying all the promises it made to get into that office,\u201d she added.
\nShe accused\u00a0Buhari\u00a0of placing a lesser value on the lives of Nigerians, warning that Nigerians needed to vote for a candidate who would take their well-being as a priority.
\nThe former Vice-President of World Bank explained that Nigeria\u2019s\u00a0current federal structure was not working and recommended a review.
\nShe said, \u201cEntire communities and even local government areas in this country have been driven into hunger and poverty, as their sources of livelihoods are completely wiped out due to insecurity. The value of a Nigerian life has been devalued and cheapened.
\n\u201cThe structure of a federation is its skeleton. A functional structure gives shape, support, and aids the movement of the federation. No wonder Nigeria is handicapped under this dysfunctional structure.\u201d
\nShe added, \u201cThere was a time when the APC agreed on the need to restructure the federation and devolve more powers to the regions and states.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

***says he deceived Nigerians with restructuring in 2019 ***says lives have been devalued, cheapened under\u00a0Buhari The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN),\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Oby\u00a0Ezekwesili, has expressed dissatisfaction with the challenges confronting Nigeria, saying that the same mistakes of previous administrations were being repeated by President Muhammadu\u00a0Buhari. Speaking in Abuja on Monday, barely one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}