Former Head of State,  General Muhammadu Buhari (retd)  said  the All Progressives Congress (APC) is determined to  rescue Nigerians from what he called, misgovernance and impunity by the PDP-led government.
He  stated this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,  yesterday during  a courtesy visit on Governor Chibuike  Rotimi Amaechi in  the Government House. The former Head of State, who is officially declaring his intention  to contest  the  presidential position in 2015,  in Abuja today, was  in Government House to seek the support of  the governor and the people of Rivers State.
According to him, “APC is  in a hurry, in a decent way, to improve democracy  in Nigeria and to secure and  manage it efficiently.” He, however,  called for the understanding and cooperation  from all  Nigerians, adding that every Nigerian is important.
“We have  a problem. The problem is  fundamental, there is the  question of securing and efficiently managing the nation, which is absolutely necessary,” he said.
The presidential aspirant explained that APC was concerned about the  personal and job security of Nigerians, saying,  “I assure  you that we will do our best.
“Every Nigerian is important to us, every Nigerian is  very important to us and we  are concerned about his personal security and his job  security and   I assure you that we will do our best,” he said.



He  explained  that APC,  under his leadership would create job opportunities for Nigerian youths. He said he was overwhelmed by the large crowed, comprising  youths, men and women that turned out to welcome him and his entourage.
He criticized what he called,  the self-centredness and the individualistic nature of Nigerian leaders , noting  that whoever finds himself in a position of authority, especially where there is money, puts the treasury in his pocket.
He said  PDP  had  messed up  itself  and Nigerians, adding next year is another opportunity to put things right.  Buhari, who  described multi-party system as the best form of government,  said what happened in Ekiti and Osun States was an eye opener and urged APC to mobilize and win the election  or  be prepared to go under. He reminded the people that their permanent voters card remains the vehicle for the desired change.
Buhari, who commended Governor Amaechi for  the infrastructural development in the state since he became governor in 2007, said  he was, however,  worried about the relationship  between  Rivers government  and the federal government.
“I have been quite close to Rivers State, I have been  really disturbed, very much so, by the relationship between the Rivers  government and the centre. I admire the courage of the governor, the way he takes it, and the way he maintained the  control and support of his people, is not easy under  the environment of PDP,  but I must sincerely congratulate Amaechi. He has carved a place in history for himself, up to the end of time. Whatever Amaechi did in infrastructure will be there. People will read it.”
In his response, Governor Amaechi commended the former Head of State  for traveling to  various states,  to canvass for support instead of talking to the governors  only .He said  the struggle was  not about them,  but about Nigerians.
According to him, Nigerians are tired of learning democracy every year. “Anytime you talk to somebody, that there  is too much corruption, there  is failure in governance ,  he would say, ’we are leaning democracy’ . Anybody who is a child at 20…and  because they  are saying, ‘we are learning democracy, and we are still children’, that is why  we have produced APC. You won’t know the metaphor of APC, until you remember when we were very young. Whenever we had headache in the past, APC found solution to our headache. So, the metaphor of APC is  a metaphor of  healing.”  Amaechi described Buhari  as detribalized Nigerian and someone  who is not a religious fundamentalist,  as  he was labeled by his opponents.
“One thing I like about you is, anybody you talk to, your enemies, your friends, all agree that you  are not corrupt. I have never met a Nigerian, who told me that you are corrupt. I have never! There are so many things  they can tell me about you, but nobody has told me, ‘no, no, General is corrupt’ ”
On the entourage of the former Head of state were, the Chief Audu  Ogbeh, Alhaji Aminu Masri, Senator George Akume, among others.

Buhari visits Amaechi