…Insists Nigerians are Fed Up With Buhari, APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the diatribe by the Buhari
Presidency against the party as a feeble kick of a weak horse, in
another failed attempt to beguile Nigerians.
The PDP said it is not surprised that the Buhari Presidency is rattled by the
bitter truth that Nigerians are fed up with President Muhammadu Buhari
as well as his All Progressives Congress (APC) and are rallying on its
platform to rescue the nation from misrule.
In a statement, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said, “It is indeed pathetic that the Buhari Presidency thinks that it can
beguile Nigerians again after all they got from it in almost six years
are failed promises, a wrecked economy, weak currency, excruciating
poverty, surging unemployment, unbridled treasury looting, patronizing
of bandits, terrorists and kidnappers, double economic recession and a
rapid decline to the horrible status of a failed state.
“Under President Buhari, all security, economic and social indicators
have gone negative. It therefore amounts to a slap on the sensibility of
Nigerians for the Buhari Presidency to attempt to compare the once
thriving lives of Nigerians under the PDP, to the sorry state of affairs
in our country, which has become a terrorist haven and world poverty
capital in a space of six years.
“What can the Buhari Presidency say to the fact that when President
Buhari took over power in 2015, our economy was rated one of the fastest
growing in the world with Fitch’s B+ rating, only for his administration
to wreck it within six years, turned our country into a beggar nation
that is now borrowing from all parts of the world?
“When President Buhari took over from the PDP, our naira was at N160 to a
dollar. Today under the incompetent and corrupt administration of APC
and Buhari, our naira has fallen to almost N500 to a dollar, wrecking
our national purchasing power and making Nigeria an object of jest among
the comity of nations.
“Why won’t Nigerians be fed up with the Buhari Presidency when under its
watch, more than 30 million businesses have collapsed, while over 60
million Nigerians have lost their means of livelihood due to obnoxious
economic policies that scare away both domestic and foreign investors?
“Why won’t Nigerians be fed up with the Buhari Presidency when under its
voodoo economy, a liter of fuel, which sold for N87 per liter under the
PDP, now sells as high as N170 to N200 under the Buhari and APC’s
Eldorado economy.
“Today, staple food had gone beyond the reach of majority of Nigerians so
much so that a bag of rice which sold for about N10,000 now sells for
N30,000; that a measure of garri which sold for N100 now sells for N350
to N400 and a liter of palm oil which sold for N200 now sells for up to
N600? The list is endless.
“Under Buhari’s watch, most families cannot afford basic necessities of
life; parents cannot pay their children’s school fees, abandoned
projects litter the nation; hunger and starvation, divorces, broken
families, strange disease and sudden death have become so prevalent that
compatriots prefer suicide and slavery mission as options.
“Is it not distressing that terrorists that have been pushed to the
fringes by the PDP administration have resurged and are now being patronized
by government officials as they ravage our communities and behead our
citizens?
“Today, not only that corruption has increased in our nation under
President Buhari as reported by reputable organizations like
Transparency International, Nigeria now ranks as the third country with
the highest level of terrorism in 2019, after Iran and Afghanistan.
“Indeed, the situation is so bad that even Mr. President could not summon
the courage to honour an invitation by the House of Representatives to
give account of how his administration has managed the affairs of our
nation.
“Why won’t Nigerians crave for the return of the PDP, a party whose
administration paid our foreign debts, grew the economy, revolutionized
the telecommunication, aviation, power, agriculture and banking sectors
among others and gave life a meaning in Nigeria.
“The only achievement by the Buhari Presidency is stagnating the economy,
mortgaging of our sovereignty through accumulation of foreign debt,
increase in taxes and tariffs, reneging in all its promises and making
life unbearable for the people.
“As a party, the PDP challenges the Buhari Presidency to search its
conscience, reflect on the devastations it has brought on our nation and
accept that life is better under the PDP.”
