The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has again taken a swipe at the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying that as a party in government, it must provide answers to questions instead of dodging and insulting the opposition.
According to PDP, instead of looking for escape routes, the
APC must be fast enough to provide answers to burning national issues that
border on what it termed government’s lack of transparency, abuse of power,
dwindling economy, escalating insecurity and apparent failure of governance
since it assumed power at the centre on May 29, 2015.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief
Olisa Metuh, the party noted that with APC’s National Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, resorting to insults, the ruling party wants to divert
attention of Nigerians from issues, adding that it further confirms the
insincerity and emptiness of the APC even as a party in power.
Metuh said: “Going through the hurried response by the APC,
it is clearly noted that the party did not address any of the issues raised by
the PDP in its widely reported press conference on Sunday.
“The APC failed to address the issue of the recent organized
public harassment and humiliation against the immediate past First Lady and
wife of the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan, at the Port Harcourt
airport obviously organized and orchestrated by the Director of Protocol in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Husseini, who cited ‘order from above’
in his direct threats and insults to the former First Lady on phone.
“Furthermore, the nation is still waiting for the APC and
the Presidency to address the issue of the divisive and tendentious statement
by President Buhari who declared to the world that he would run a
discriminatory government based on voting pattern in the last general
elections, in clear violation of his oath of office and the provisions of the
constitution.
“Nigerians are still waiting for explanations on the
embarrassments that characterized the President’s US visit, which instead of
bringing gains, yielded only disagreements, accusations and exchanges between
the Presidency and their American hosts.
“The Presidency and the APC are yet to address the issue of
the disgraceful treatment meted out on some Nigerian bankers and captains of
industry by the President during the visit as well as the absence of an
economic team in an important meeting with US officials thereby robbing the
nation of the benefits of the discussions.
“Nigerians are still waiting for answers on the issue of
resort to sole administratorship by the President in managing the affairs of
the nation without proper recourse to statutory arms and organs of government
as stipulated by the constitution.
“They are still waiting for explanations for the lack of
policy direction that has left the nation’s economy in tatters with continued
fall of the naira and agonizing loss in the capital market which has lost over
N1.1 trillion in the last two months.
“The citizens are still awaiting for clarifications on the
important issue of the $2.1 billion loan the Presidency is taking from the
World Bank for purposes yet unknown to the public and relevant arms of
government. They want explanations on what the loan is for, what the terms are
and who decides on how the money will be spent.”
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