APC's Has Formed Habit Of "One Day, One Lie" --PDP

The PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday described as lies and
unrealistic, the various electoral promises made to Nigerians by the
All Progressives Congress (APC) while seeking votes for its
presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.
The ruling party accused the APC of deceiving Nigerians repeatedly in
a bid to get votes, saying the APC has formed the habit of "one day,
one lie."
Olisa Metuh, National Publicity Secretary of the party, at a press
conference held at the party's National Secretariat, said the PDP has
performed exceptionally well with its present programmes for the
nation, and that the APC can never match what the PDP has done for the
nation.
Speaking on the promises being made to Nigerians by the APC, Metuh
insisted that the offer of monthly stipend to unemployed youths by the
APC in relation to its cost on the finances of the nation was
unrealistic and unrealisable.
"The APC in one of its phantom promises said it would pay a stipend of
N5,000 each to 25 million poor Nigerians monthly.
"This gives a total of N125 billion each month and N1.5 trillion every year.
"What is baffling is that the APC knows full well that this is not
only unrealistic but also impracticable in a nation with an estimated
budget of N4.69 trillion comprising recurrent and capital expenditures
yet they continue to dish it out to unsuspecting citizens in a clear
bid to mislead.
"Also, the deceitful tendency of the APC came to light in its promise
to create 740,000 direct jobs in each of the 36 states of the
federation and the FCT within one year while on the other hand
promising to create one million jobs for Igbo youths also within the
same period. We ask, which do we believe?
"The APC has also promised to provide free education, daily free meals
for millions of Nigerian school children, free tertiary education,
free health care and free houses to Nigerians.
"The opposition knows too well that this is unrealistic yet they
prefer to brandish falsehood.
"The APC should explain to Nigerians how they would fulfill their
promises with the prevailing 40 per cent drop in national income and
dwindling oil price in the international market.
"These promises are therefore either bogus or part of their plot to
subject the citizens to a harsh tax regime ostensibly to finance
Bourdilon Drive and other personal interests, the real reason they
desperately seek power.
"We therefore challenge the APC to come forward and admit before
Nigerians that these promises are false and merely deceitful, if not,
they should be bold enough to tell Nigerians that they are planning to
skyrocket our personal income and company taxes if they ever get to
power," he stated.
Metuh insisted that the PDP government is workers' and investors'
friendly as the tax regime under its leadership is good for an average
Nigerian while warning that the APC would impose terrible tax regime
on the people to achieve a minute of its numerous promises, even if it
would give it a try at all.
"Under the PDP-led administration, company tax is a maximum of 30 per
cent of the profit whereas personal income tax hovers from 1 per cent
for minimum wage earners to a maximum of 19 per cent for Nigerians
earning up to N100 million.
"Can Nigerians afford a tax regime of 45 per cent company tax and 32
per cent personal income tax?
"Whilst we note the multiple tax regimes in APC states like Lagos
State, we believe that Nigerians are not ready to bear the brunt of
APC's harsh tax policy.
"If on the other hand APC decides to deny the planned imposition of a
harsh tax regime, then they must accept they are guilty of fake
campaign promises and deceitful manifesto," he stated.
Listing what he considered as the various lies told to Nigerians by
the party, Metuh said "Nigerians are still shocked at the discovery of
the latest international fraud where the APC rehashed an old interview
by its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, as a fresh
one, all in a bid to cover up a mismanaged international trip.
"This is coming on the heels of another shocking discovery that the
APC's claim that its Presidential candidate visited Chibok turned out
to be a hoax meant to deceive Nigerians, as he never did," he further
stated.
In another development, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has
accused the PDP-led Federal Government of destroying the nation's
economy.
Oshiomhole also accused the PDP in the state of perfecting plans to
rig the general elections coming up on March 28 and April 11.
The governor made the allegations, while addressing a coalition of
women from across the 18 local government areas of the state, led by
Evelyn Igbafe, who visited him on Wednesday.

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--DailyIndependent