Buhari’s govt, most unprepared in history —PDP

National Publicity Secretary, Peoples

Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh

The Peoples Democratic Party has berated the President
Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as lacking in capacity and
worsening the country’s economy.
The major opposition party in the country said there was
widespread disenchantment being expressed by Nigerians over
the inept handling of governance and insincerity by the All
Progressives Congress-led Federal Government.
In a statement issued on Saturday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, the PDP said Buhari’s government
had become a huge source of worry for the health of the nation.
The party noted that the attitude of the APC administration to
governance in the last five months and the feelings of a cross
section of Nigerians underscored the fact that the PDP,
notwithstanding the setback of the last general elections,
remained the only true pan-Nigeria vehicle that guarantees the
unity, stability and prosperity of the nation as well as the welfare
of individual Nigerians, irrespective of class, creed and tribe.
The statement read in parts, “It is now manifest to all that the
APC administration is completely bereft of ideas needed to
effectively manage the nation, a consequence of which is the
sudden decline in the economy, general anxiety and prevailing
unhappiness and grumbling among the citizens across board.
“The apparent lack of capacity and ingenuity by this APC
government to run the affairs of our dear nation has become
evident in the myriads of political and economic glitches that
have bedevilled the polity since it took office on May 29.
“Nigerians, going by their comments, are deeply disturbed that
instead of focusing on issues that directly touch on their lives,
especially given its long list of campaign promises, the APC
administration has remained high on propaganda, violating the
constitution for partisan capital, hounding perceived political
enemies; while at the same time continuing in their trick of
hoodwinking the populace, using their so-called body language
theory in the attempt to appropriate achievements of the
previous PDP administration.”
The PDP said the fact that the Buhari-led government had been
unable to pursue any investment in any of the critical sectors,
eliciting public fears of serious economic crisis in the coming
years.
The party added that the APC was not the desirable alternative
to the PDP, but a band of “power grabbers, who swindled the
electorate to get into office using false promises and
propaganda.”
In his reaction, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr.
Lai Mohammed, asked what the PDP actually wanted.
While promising a comprehensive reply to the statement by the
main opposition party, he said Nigerians know whether they
Buhari government was working or not.
“They said we are not working, yet light has improved. They
said we are not working, yet we are stamping out corruption
and the PDP is not happy. They will bellyache for long,” he
added.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State chapter of the PDP has dismissed
the Lagos State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal’s
judgment upholding the declaration of Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila as
winner of the March 28, 2015, House of Representatives election
in the Surulere Federal Constituency 1.
Gbajabiamila is the Majority Leader of the House of
Representatives.
The candidate of the PDP, Tony Ashikodi, who polled 14, 550
votes against Gbajabiamila’s 21, 715 votes, had headed for the
tribunal to challenge Gbajabiamila’s victory.
The Justice C.U Anwuka-led three-man tribunal, on Friday,
however, rejected the petition challenging the victory of
Gbajabiamila and his party, the APC, in the said election.
The Publicity Secretary of Lagos PDP, Mr. Taofik Gani, in an
interview with one of our correspondents, expressed disapproval
of the verdict, stating that the party would challenge the
judgment at the Court of Appeal, as well as petition the National
Judiciary Council.
He said, “The popular opinion is that the PDP candidate, Mr.
Tony Ashikodi, won that election. We are surprised that despite
the array of evidence and the facts being so obvious to the
tribunal, as put forward by our lawyers, the tribunal still went
further to give judgment to Gbajabiamila.
“Again, on technical grounds, the tribunal in Lagos has not been
delivering justice and we make bold to say that at the end of all,
we will approach the National Judicial Council to probe the
manner which this tribunal delivers judgment on the petitions in
Lagos State.”
According to the party spokesperson, Gbajabiamila’s victory is
momentary.
He added that the tribunal is under watch and expressed
conviction that the NJC would investigate why “in Lagos, despite
numerous petitions, all the tribunals are doing is delivering
judgment in favour of the APC.”
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