APC must fulfill campaign promises –Balarabe, Falae

Former Minister of Finance, Olu Falae, and second Republic governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, have resolved to provide credible opposition to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The duo, who spoke under the aegis of Credible Alternative Alliance, CAA, an electoral alliance of 14 political parties, as well as 13 civil society organisations, said it was the solemn duty of the group to hold APC to all its campaign promises.
National Coordinator of the group, Dr. Damian Ogbonna, who read the statement on behalf of the alliance, vowed to continually place such promises on the front-burner for Nigerians to judge.
He said after a careful review of the inaugural speech of President Muhammadu Buhari and the current state of the nation, the speech was embarrassingly tall on promises, but depressingly short on vision and boldness, two major pre-requisites for fixing Nigeria.
While stating that the speech lacked the capacity to encourage quantitative and qualitative assessment and judgment, Musa said when people lay claim to the ability to solve problems, it is taken for granted that they have diagnosed the problem and have ready solutions.
“Otherwise, it amounts to a claim in deception and an exercise in futility,” he said. Both men also warned President Buhari against exhibiting any form of dictatorship, saying when he talked about state and local government joint account, one was left with the impression that the new administration will arrogate to itself the role of policing the states. Regarding the amnesty programme, the group noted the ambiguity in the president’s speech and demanded immediate clarity.
They said while the president said the programme was due to expire in December, he in the same breath, promised to “invest heavily in the projects and programmes” currently in place.
They wondered whether the president intends to renew the programme or to make the heavy investment within the next six months.
They also accused the president of standing reason in its head when he pledged that his government would commission a study to identify the root causes of Boko Haram and their sponsors at the end of hostilities when the sect is subdued.
The group wondered whether it would not have been better to first identify the causes and sponsors before taking any action. Urging stakeholders to halt the continued drift of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP members to APC, the group said if left on its own, APC and its leadership which have historically exhibited dictatorial tendencies would revert to their old-age trick.