APC has failed North East – Dogora

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara said the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government has failed the North East region.

Dogora, at North East rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State said the APC government has failed to fulfill the expectations of the people of the North East.

He noted that the North East Development Commission that supposed to kickstart the rebuilding the region has not been constituted.

“For more than three years, we have advocated for the convocation of an international donor conference to raise fund for the development of the North East, unfortunately the Federal government has not done anything about it.

“We people in the North East have so much in this election. This is election is not about PDP and APC, it is not about Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari, it is between you and as an individual Nigerian and a government that has not fulfill the expectations of Nigerian people; expectations of the people of the North East,” he said.

According to him, Nigeria is sitting on the keg of gun powder, noting that the refusal by the APC government to give free and compulsory education would likely increase an army for insurgency.

“In Nigeria, 13 million of our children are out of school, 1.3 million of those children are from my home state of Bauchi.

“If we continue like this, the numbers are bound to increase, and the crisis we will face in the future will be more than this Boko Haram crisis that we are witnessing.

“So 2019 election is about insecurity, whether we can be secured.

“The vote in 2019 is not about anything, but about you, about you and about you. Do not make it about any other thing, but about what progress do you want to make.

“What kind of country do you want to raise your children in? What kind of country do you want to live in? What kind of education do you want to be giving to your children?

“All these are what we have in the 2019 ballot. And we trust as educated and enlightened opinionated people, that you’ll make the right choices,” he added.

Dogora noted that two-thirds of Nigerians could no longer afford three-square meals a day, stating that this has led to incidences of criminal attacks and kidnapping.

PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus called on people of North East