Buhari was not a failure – Ngige

The immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has said that the former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari did not fail during his tenure.

Ngige stated this in an interview with journalists in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday, while distributing palliatives to indigenes from the 21 local government areas of the state.

Ngige listed the completion of the Second Niger Bridge, school feeding programmes, Enugu Airport among others, as some of the projects carried out by the last administration.

The former Minister also explained that his faction remains the authentic APC in Anambra, insisting that there was no crisis in the party.

“It is not true that the Buhari administration was a failure. I was part of the government and the administration completed a lot of projects including the Second Niger Bridge, school feeding programme and numerous railways across the country.

“There is APC one and two in Anambra State. I won’t deny that fact. I am the father of APC here, I am the face of APC in Anambra State and I know for certain that we have newcomers who have been coming since the year 2021 and because the party is like a church, you don’t stop people from entering a church to seek salvation, so also you can’t stop people from entering a party to support government in power.

“We allow everybody but there is a segregation already because the new members don’t want to reckon with the old members who have laboured for the party from the time we were SDP to ACD, AC to ACN and then finally liberated as APC when we collapsed with NNPP and CPC. These are facts.” Ngige said.

Speaking on the chances of the APC in the Anambra for the governorship race in the state in 2025, Ngige said, “Don’t worry for us, this is politics and in politics, you disagree to agree. One day if you don’t agree, you bear the consequences. We didn’t agree in the 2021 election and the result was clear in Anambra State.

“I am optimistic that APC will take over in Anambra come 2025 for if you are not optimistic in life, then you go and commit suicide. So, optimism is with us. It is our watchword in APC.