APC Disowns “One Meal A Day Billboard”

The All Progressives Party has disowned a billboard in the social media in which the then Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari allegedly promised to achieve certain milestones in his first 100 days in office.

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that the party had never authorised anybody to place the billboard with such inscription, adding that the board could have emanated from any source.

The billboard, which bears large portraits of the then candidate Buhari and his running mate, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, and three bold faces of pupils in school uniforms, has a banner that reads in capital letters: “ONE MEAL A DAY.”

Even though this is coming after Buhari had said at the CHATAM House London that he would noy promise anything in his first 100 days in office.

The provision of one meal daily to pupils in public schools is one of the 100-day campaign promises of the documents, entitled: “My Covenant With Nigerians” and “One Hundred Things Buhari Will Do In 100 Days.”

Mohammed said: “The President never said he would do any specific thing within the first 100 days. Anybody can say whatever they like, we remain focused.”

However, the spokesman of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, said that it was wrong that APC was trying to deny the promises.

He said: “We believe that the APC made those promises when they are now denying. Let the Nigerian people be the judge.”