It would appear that China has suddenly become a shiny role model for Nigeria as the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, on Thursday, disclosed that the President Buhari administration has learnt a lot from the Asian country, especially in the area of corruption and infrastructure development.
Odigie-Oyegun made this known when the outgoing Chinese Ambassador, Gu Xiaojie, paid him a farewell visit in Abuja.
The APC leader noted that despite the large population of China, the country has fought corruption to ‘the level that poverty is virtually non-existence in China’.
Odigie-Oyegun, who said a lot of things without specifics, also noted that the recent visit to China by President Muhammadu Buhari will soon yield positive results.
“APC has great respect for the Peoples Republic of China on party to party basis; we have listened to you and accepted your offer and I can tell you we are going to take it up even if only for us to come and learn how you have managed the menace of corruption which you are dealing with strictly.”
“We read about this development every day and given despite your population, you have been able to organise your country in such a way that you have raised the standard of living of that vast population to such level that relative poverty is virtually non-existence.”
“So, we have a lot of lesson to learn from you as a party so that we, too, can learn from your experience and be able to pull ourselves up like China also did.”
On the President’s latest visit, Odigie-Oyegun stated that: “I must say that the result of the visit of Mr. President was something that has given us a lot of joy because substantial agreements were recorded.”
“In the next few months, knowing China as a serious country that makes commitments and fulfils them, as soon as our budget comes on stream, we’ll be able to see the practical results on ground particularly in the area of infrastructure and agriculture.”
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