Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday claimed that the federal government has committed over $60 billion to the power sector in the last 16 years and yet Nigerians are still not enjoying steady power supply because of corruption.
Buhari, who spoke during a South-South Zonal Presidential Rally held at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led federal government and most of it’s the states it control have been fraught with ‘monumental corruption’ in the past 16 years.
Buhhe said that corruption that has severely affected the oil industry has also crept into the sector.
He said: “In 16 years, the PDP controlled federal government has committed over $60 billon into the energy sector, yet we still can’t generate up to 4,000 megawatts of electricity in the country.
He declared that if voted as Nigeria’s next president, his major challenge would be to ‘kill’ corruption.
Corruption, the former Head of State said had retarded Nigeria’s economic growth and development, “which has permeated virtually all spheres of the country.
“The issue before us is very clear indeed. Please sit in your home, or in small groups, and ask yourselves these questions:
How much has accrued to Nigeria in the past 16 years that the PDP has controlled the federal government?
“How much of these funds have trickled down to you as a Nigerian? Whatever answers you arrive at should determine what party and candidate that you will vote for on April 11. “We should not personalise this issue.
It is not about Buhari; it is about us; it is about you and I ; it is about our children and the future of our children. My fear is that if we don’t kill corruption in Nigeria, corruption will kill us.
So, the choice before us is to resolve to kill corruption and free our country from the firm grip of corrupt men and women.
“If those in the PDP who have been in control of our resources at the centre and in most states of the country have been responsive and responsible, there would not have been so much insecurity and poverty in the country today.
“If for whatever reason, you make a mistake and vote for the PDP at the centre or even in any state, I assure you, you are going to regret it,” he said.
Buhari insisted that if the PDP continues to control the centre, it would be tantamount to more unemployment, poverty and insecurity across the country. country”.