The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency to stop making mockery of
governance with premature celebration of imaginary achievements except if the
intention is to set up President Muhammadu Buhari for national and
international ridicule.
The party said it was embarrassing that the APC and aides of
President Buhari decided to invade the minds of Nigerians with propaganda and
tissues of lies instead of assisting the President who was inaugurated three
weeks ago to settle down, form a government and deliver his campaign promises
to Nigerians.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in a
statement on Thursday said “the nation and democrats world over were thoroughly
embarrassed by the frivolous list of so-called achievements which has further
exposed APC’s lack of capacity and direction as well as the inability to draw a
line between propaganda by an opposition party and disseminating of credible
information as a party in government”.
“How can a serious government start shouting achievements
and make bogus claims on the fight against terrorism when the effort is
apparently losing steam as insurgents who had already been pushed to the verge
of surrender in the Sambisa forest by the Goodluck Jonathan administration are
now surging back into the country under the APC-led government?
“How can a serious government shout achievement based on
pledges by foreign interests, a dangerous slide towards neo-colonialism,
instead of settling down to galvanize bequeathed resources and potentials that
have already placed our great country as one of the fastest emerging economic
and political powers in the world?
“How can a serious government shout achievement and attempt
to explain away the untidy fact that after three weeks, it has not been able to
organize itself even to take basics steps of conventional appointments such as
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief of Staff to the
President and advisers in key sectors of the economy.
We ask, is the APC celebrating that fact that due to its
naivety and delays, key sectors of our nation’s economy are dangerously
drifting with a perilous crippling of foreign and domestic investments
including activities in the money and capital market sectors?
“Our promise has been to engage in credible opposition and
provide alternatives and options to the policies and programmes of the APC-led
Federal Government in the general interest of the nation, but alas, in less
than one month, even with the stability bequeathed by the Jonathan administration,
we have only witnessed inexcusable confusion and administrative naivety in the
handling of important issues as seen in their poor outing at the inauguration
of the National Assembly, unnecessary delays in the setting up of structure for
the executive arm and the worrisome inability to urgently provide a national
economic direction, among others.
“This is a party and government that promised Nigerians that
they will hit the ground running once elected into office but what we have seen
so far is a government and party that hit the ground and remained on the same
spot for sheer inexperience and unpreparedness for governance.
“We therefore urge the APC to stop embarrassing the nation
with premature and unsubstantiated celebration of imaginary achievements especially
if they ever want to be credible and responsible people, as sincerity and not
propaganda remains the hallmark of trustworthy administration.
"The APC should not by any means attempt to use its
flimsy list to divert attention from its numerous campaign promises for which
the people are holding them accountable.
“We wish to inform the APC that the Nigerians will not take
anything short of the commencement of the payment of monthly N5, 000 each to 25
million poor citizens beginning from the end of this month; ending of
insurgency by the end of July as promised by President Buhari in his April 2,
2015 CNN interview; payment of monthly allowance to discharged but unemployed
Youth Corps members, free meals to school children and bringing the naira to the
same value with the dollar; among other bogus promises upon which they gained
access to power.
“Finally, we advise the Presidential spokespersons to allow
Nigerians to judge the President as events and time will prove exactly the
taste of the old wine”, the PDP said.
Signed:
Chief Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary
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