Mr Osita Okechukwu, a former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) has felicitated former President Muhammadu Buhari on his 81th birthday.
Okechukwu, a foundation member of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) stated this in a message on Sunday in Enugu.
The APC chieftain recalled how Buhari raised a marshal plan to confront the challenge of food security in the country, regretting that insurgency slowed down the drive to make Nigeria the food basket of Africa.
“It is with gratitude to Almighty God that we celebrate and proclaim a hearty happy birthday cheer to our icon, former President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR on his 81 years on earth.
“As we, the Buhari loyalists, wish him healthier and fruitful years ahead, we recognise that his birthday is the appropriate time to recount his pro-people policies, his resistance to World Bank’s anti-peoples policies, even as military Head of State.
“Billions of naira in bail-out funds were granted to state governments, social investment programmes, reduction of infrastructural deficit and the famous Buhari’s unprecedented agrarian revolution to enhance Nigerians prosperity.
“We, the Buhari loyalists, make bold to state that because of his passion for food security he invested more than any other Federal Government in agriculture post 1970.
“Regrettably, we lament the truism that palpable insecurity diminished his quest for food security as his credo was, we must produce what we eat,” he said.
Okechukwu also appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to continue with some of the laudable programmes, particularly Buhari’s Agrarian Revolution.
“These programmes includes the Green Imperative Programme designed to mechanise agriculture nationwide and Anchor Borrowers Programme under whatever nomenclature.
“We are happy that President Tinubu promised to continue with our icon’s initiatives, because that is a befitting way to honour the image of this great Nigerian who loves the poor and cares for the nation,” he added.
