The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised the governing 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.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, 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 basic 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 the 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.
—Premium Times
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