A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, has said the party will save the country with effective leadership when it forms the central government in 2015.
Addressing reporters in Abuja, the former House of Representatives member said APC is a party of progressives, which anchors its ideology on people’s welfare.
He said there was pressure on him to run for the Senate in 2015.
Melaye, who represented Kabba/Bunu Federal constituency of Kogi State in the sixth National Assembly, said he would respond to the clarion call of his people to reposition Kogi West senatorial district.
He said: “The onus lies on APC to take the people out of the wood as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is celebrating her political Obituary.”
He stressed that the people of Kogi State were determined to enjoy the dividends of democracy which have eluded them.
“By the special grace of God, come 2015, the opposition will demonstrate that power belong to the people. The structure we have is the masses and the masses of this country more than ever before will demonstrate that power truly belong to them.”
“And for the first time it will be government of the people for the people and by the people because what we have now is the reverse, where some individuals use public office to corrupt and enrich themselves,” he said.
Melaye commended President Goodluck Jonathan, saying he salute his courage, though his actions were belated, urged him to make the exercise wholesome by sacking other erring members of the his cabinet living larger than life and have been indicted for corruption.
He said there is a convention in the country which established that once someone is indicted of corruption, such public servant has to be removed, adding that this development dates back to the days of former President Olusegun Obasanjo who sack his erring cabinet members.
