Vice President Namadi Sambo at the weekend in Yenagoa knocked the leadership of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) for parading falsehood as the plank upon which to accelerate Nigeria’s development.
He mocked the leadership of APC, describing them as a group of persons who hold questionable “Chicago and Toronto certificates”.
He stressed that the country’s future must not be in the hands of such political characters.
Sambo was speaking at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign in President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state, Bayelsa, which was held at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa.
He admonished the APC to realise that “transforming Nigeria is not by accident”, adding that opposition presidential candidates must be very educated to understand the dynamics of change, growth and development.
The vice president said the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, at 73, does not have the requisite capacity, strength and verve to pilot the affairs of a sophisticated nation like Nigeria.
According to him, the transformation of the country by the PDP-controlled Federal Government was under the safe hands of a well-read President who is a Ph.D holder supported by a vice president, who is also a professional architect.
Sambo said Jonathan had not disappointed Nigerians as he had transformed the country, shoring up its status to the largest economy in Africa.
“The leadership of APC is full of Chicago and Toronto certificate holders. Nigerians don’t want people who will parade Chicago and Toronto certificates.
“Mr. President has not failed Nigerians. He has transformed Nigeria, making it the largest economy in Africa. Transforming Nigeria is not by accident. He is educated and we need education, not prisons.
“Jonathan has built 14 universities in four years. Do you want schools or prisons?” he asked the crowd at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa.
Sambo, who stated that they were not in Bayelsa to campaign but to thank the people of the state, noted that the state did not make a mistake to produce Jonathan.
He listed the completion of the ongoing cargo airport, East-West Road and the building of a new railway from Lagos through Yenagoa to Calabar as the additional programmes the Federal Government would do for the state.
Sambo, who called on the people to vote for PDP as they had always done, urged them to collect their PVCs to enable them vote their choice.
