The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s
Easter message, for declaring that he has worked hard to meet the expectations of Nigerians in the last two years.
According to DailyPost
‘The PDP said that the Buhari-led
administration had rather made living more difficult for Nigerians, as the economy had worsened from a single digit inflation rate to the current 17.
26 per cent. In a statement by Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made available to newsmen in Abuja, the party said it received the President’s Easter message with shock.’
The PDP said
“We read with rude shock and utter dismay, the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Easter Message to Nigerians
and of particular interest is the
Paragraph that said, ‘In the almost
two years of this administration, we have worked hard to meet the
expectations of Nigerians by
improving security, especially in the North-East, sustaining the campaign against corruption and have taken steps to revitalize the economy.’
Really?
“These comments from Mr. President are to say the least untrue and an insult to the
intelligence of Nigerians who have been at the receiving end of his government’s mismanagement in the last two years.
“We cannot end this analysis without mentioning the comatose state of our economy in the last two years of this APC
Administration.
“The immediate past PDP Government of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan grew Nigeria’s GDP
from $270.5 billion in 2009, and handed over a Nigeria that had grown to become the fastest growing and largest economy in
Africa and the 24th largest economy in the World, with a GDP of $574 billion.
“In May 2015, the PDP also handed over a single digit inflation rate but today,
Inflation Rate in Nigeria is at a double digit of 17.26%.
“The Recession we are experiencing today in the Country is as a result of the failure of
the APC led Administration to properly manage our economy.
“The Buhari Government is indeed clueless and had no economic plan until March 2017 when it launched the so called
Recovery Plan. The economy is at a standstill.
“Major infrastructural development that began with the previous administrations of
the PDP have been abandoned. Power Generation dwindled from over 5,000MW in 2015 to the present all time low of less
than 2,000MW.
“The only project of note that this
government has ever commissioned is the Abuja- Kaduna railroad which was 99
percent completed by the PDP
administration.
“Against this backdrop and more, we are at a loss in reconciling President Muhammadu
Buhari’s Easter message that he has met the expectations of Nigerians to the grim
reality we have painted above.
“There is nothing to show by the APC led Government and we challenge the President and his team to articulate the two
years achievement of this Government point by point and let Nigerians compare
with previous PDP administrations.
“The War on corruption like other policies and programnmes of the Buhari led APC Administration has failed as well. As we have mentioned in our previous
statements, any war on corruption that is selective and targeted at humiliating only leaders and other members of the opposition is a total failure.
“The entire anti-corruption war of the APC since inception is just in the media with only one conviction.
“Many of the Cases in Courts have been set aside and suspects discharged and acquitted while others are in EFCC and DSS
detention centers without trial against their fundamental human rights as enshrined in
the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Nigerians may also recall the several allegations of corruption made against prominent APC members that the Anti-graft
Agency has not attended to.
“The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu has been rejected twice by the Nigerian Senate because of damning
corruption allegations against him made by another agency of government.
“The same with the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and a host of other
government officials against whom very serious allegations have been made. None
of them have been subjected to the usual.
