Buhari storms Onitsha for a town hall meeting

www.odogwublog.com reports that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Maj Gen Muhammadu Buhari, retd,

would on Monday in Onitsha participate in a town hall meeting with the Organised Private Sector.

The town hall meeting is aimed at addressing some critical policy issues as regards business and industry in the South East and its strategic importance to Nigeria.

The event which is being convened by the Presidential Campaign Council, Anambra State is expected to hold on March 23, 2015 in Abuja.

Briefing newsmen yesterday in Awka, the Chairman, Presidential Campaign Council for Anambra State, Barrister Chima Okafor said that the event was geared at showcasing General Muhamadu Buhari's policy thrust as regards business and industry, sectors where the Igbo race feature prominently

His words: ‘’For the purpose of educating our people, from the five South East States,on the economic agenda of General Muhamadu Buhari , we have planned this event in the commercial town of Onitsha in order to ensure that our candidate bares his mind on how he intends to restore the manufacturing capacity and the industrial glory of the South East region of Nigeria." 

”We want the businessman and industrialists who have been baring the brunt of poor infrastructure , insecurity, poor  micro and macro economic policies and finally the rapid drop of the value of the Naira as against the Dollar, to come and engage General Buhari and see how his policies will transform the South East region into the tiger of Africa." 

"We have reached out to these captains of industry, because as creators of economic value, they are essential in the change promise of the APC."

‘’The South East used to be the industrial engine of the nation, unfortunately past governments have not been able to implement policies that will rejuvenate the area and tap into the entrepreneurial spirit of the people, this I believe the Buhari administration will help achieve. it is the essence of the programme. "