‘Party is making mockery of governance,’ PDP says

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June 18, 2015 5:51 PM

The PDP also accused the APC of holding premature celebrations over its imaginary achievements.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh and APC counterpart, Lai Mohammed

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of making a mockery of governance following the ruling party’s claims that the Muhammadu Buhari administration had already recorded numerous achievements despite just coming into power.

This was contained in a statement released on Thursday, June 18, 2015, by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh.

It reads:

“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 organise 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.”

APC Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed had listed Buhari’s achievements after a group called the PDP Media Watchdog called for the President’s resignation due to old age.

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