The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Muhammadu
Buhari did not address the nation on the May 29 Inauguration day because
he must have assessed his administration and rightly adjudged it a
failure.
Buhari did not address the nation on the May 29 Inauguration day because
he must have assessed his administration and rightly adjudged it a
failure.
The party said President Buhari must have been persuaded that he had
nothing to tell Nigerians and saw reason with our party to avoid making
false performance claims, which are wholesomely at variance with the
situation on the ground.
nothing to tell Nigerians and saw reason with our party to avoid making
false performance claims, which are wholesomely at variance with the
situation on the ground.
Of course, President Buhari probably did not want to face Nigerians with
an empty scorecard and bagful of excuses for ruining our once robust
economy; for failing to secure our nation, for failing to curb endemic
corruption in his administration and for mortgaging the future of our
nation with huge foreign loans. Indeed, Mr. President must have been
weighed down by his failure, in this fiscal year, to harness our
resources to provide even half of the 2020 budget formulated by his
administration, for which the APC is ready to pawn the future of our
nation to foreign creditors.
an empty scorecard and bagful of excuses for ruining our once robust
economy; for failing to secure our nation, for failing to curb endemic
corruption in his administration and for mortgaging the future of our
nation with huge foreign loans. Indeed, Mr. President must have been
weighed down by his failure, in this fiscal year, to harness our
resources to provide even half of the 2020 budget formulated by his
administration, for which the APC is ready to pawn the future of our
nation to foreign creditors.
These situations accounted for the Presidency’s decision to hide behind a
62-page false performances literature instead of allowing President
Buhari to face Nigerians in-person. What soothing words could Mr.
President have for over 40 million Nigerians who had lost their jobs
following the failure of his administration to run a viable economy as
well as the over 500,000 N-power beneficiaries, whose engagements are
set to be terminated barely a year after they were used to campaign for a
second tenure for the APC.
62-page false performances literature instead of allowing President
Buhari to face Nigerians in-person. What soothing words could Mr.
President have for over 40 million Nigerians who had lost their jobs
following the failure of his administration to run a viable economy as
well as the over 500,000 N-power beneficiaries, whose engagements are
set to be terminated barely a year after they were used to campaign for a
second tenure for the APC.
Furthermore, Mr. President is faced with providing answers for the fall
in the value of our naira and the depletion of our foreign reserves; for
the failure of his administration to reduce the price of fuel despite
the price crash in the international market; for the comatose state of
our critical sectors as well as the unbridled looting of over N14
trillion in the oil and gas sector under his watch.
in the value of our naira and the depletion of our foreign reserves; for
the failure of his administration to reduce the price of fuel despite
the price crash in the international market; for the comatose state of
our critical sectors as well as the unbridled looting of over N14
trillion in the oil and gas sector under his watch.
President Buhari is equally confronted with the burden of not finding
solutions for the killings in Sokoto, Katsina, Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara and
other states by marauders, kidnappers and insurgents despite claims by
the government that the assailants have been routed out.
solutions for the killings in Sokoto, Katsina, Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara and
other states by marauders, kidnappers and insurgents despite claims by
the government that the assailants have been routed out.
In the same vein, President Buhari has no success story on the APC
administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was marred by
allegations of corruption and political parochialism, which frustrated
an all-inclusive multi-sectoral approach in the effort. The PDP and
indeed most Nigerians appreciate President Buhari’s decision not to
address the nation and fall into the temptation of making false
performance claims. Such would have further embarrassed his
administration.
administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was marred by
allegations of corruption and political parochialism, which frustrated
an all-inclusive multi-sectoral approach in the effort. The PDP and
indeed most Nigerians appreciate President Buhari’s decision not to
address the nation and fall into the temptation of making false
performance claims. Such would have further embarrassed his
administration.
Our party however charges Mr. President to use the remaining three years
of his tenure to brace up to the demands of his office in the overall
interest of the nation.
of his tenure to brace up to the demands of his office in the overall
interest of the nation.
