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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