The Peoples Democratic Party has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to live up to his electoral promises and stop offering excuses.
It, therefore, described as evasive, diversionary and preemptive, the present government’s pile up of excuses for what the former ruling party said it foresaw as possible failure in delivering on its campaign promises to Nigerians.
The PDP, which ruled the country for 16 years, said it was unfortunate that President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, who it said were privy to the nation’s dwindling economy occasioned by global economic downturn and fall in international oil price, even before the start of the campaigns, chose to deceive Nigerians with bogus promises, only to now resort to excuses after using the promises to secure power at the centre.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said his party noted with dismay, President Buhari’s statement on Monday that Nigerians should not expect much from his first 100 days in office on claims that he met “virtually an empty treasury and huge debts,” noting that such only underlines the fact that the present administration is really not equipped to face the challenges of governance.
The statement read in part, “While we restate our resolve to engage only in credible and issue-based opposition, we want the President and the APC to note that their plea for patience from Nigerians does not arise, because ab initio, there has not been any indication that they are actually serious and determined to deliver on their campaign promises upon which they rode to power.
“Of course, Nigerians are willing to support and cooperate with the President, but we are worried that the pictures emerging from his presidency and his party do not in any way inspire hope in the citizenry, especially as they have continued to show that theirs is ostensibly a matter of obtaining power by false pretenses.
“President Buhari and the APC must know that Nigerians did not give them the mandate to engage in frivolous excuses and pleas but to hit the ground running with solutions and quick fixes they promised during the campaigns.”
Metuh said the statement by the President could be an admission of his poor knowledge of national and international economics affairs.
He also asks if such statement underscores the lack of “capacity and skills by the administration to effectively harness and galvanize resources and potentials inherent in Nigeria, which has already been nurtured as Africa’s largest economy and one of the fasted growing in the world.
“Even if Nigerians decide to wait endlessly, we wonder how much the President can achieve amidst the flip-flops from his presidency and cacophony of interests from his party leaders struggling to enlarge their selfish political and economic frontiers.
“How can one reconcile President Buhari’s statement with the recent ridiculous and misleading claim by APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that this administration has achieved in three weeks what the immediate past administration did not achieve in five years?”
Metuh added that after the election victory, the APC and the President have continued to expose their lack of commitment towards their campaign promises.
He recalled that on May 5, 2015, President Buhari, at a meeting with APC leaders in Abuja, opened the floodgates of excuses when he expressed his nervousness to deliver in office, adducing that “Rome was not built in a day.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Couldn't make anything out of this. Olisa Metuh is still an opposition spokesperson WANNABE. I suggest he seek admission into a Lai Mohammed school and take a course in 'HOW TO BE AN OPPOSITION SPOKESPERSON'
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DeleteEnough excuse time to for actions
ReplyDeleteMetuh and his PDP are in serious trouble for the corruption and mismanagement they encouraged during past administration.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand your point. It seems you don't understand English. I suggest you go back to school
ReplyDeletePDP need to come out publicly and apologize to Nigerians for the state they left the economy and the country despite the overwhelming support they received when Jonathan was voted into power.Not that the apology matters but at least it'll show they accept they were bunch of irresponsible,arrogant embezzlers' without morals.Saying anything else about anyone in power now just shows they are unrepentant and must be made to pay a heavy price for their thieving and embezzlements'.Prison terms for all politicians and their conniving associates now
ReplyDeleteThe only thing i will say to you is that MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
DeleteNigeria is just too peculiar a country to govern.for any leader that emerges it is obvious that good intentions are not enough especially in a democracy.we really need a despot now but an enlightened one and with the support of the majority of nigerians.
DeleteI don't see why he should want to learn from a Lai Mohammed whose stock in trade is propaganda. I believe even Buhari recognises this and thats why he is not part of his media team. Lai Mohammed claims that Buhari has done in 3 weeks what Jonathan didn't do in 5 years . This is sensationalism when it is obvious that Boko Haram is still killing Nigerians daily (20 were killed yesterday) and the Naira has sunk even further. Buhari has also visited the Head of State of Chad to discuss a plan for Boko Haram which is a good thing but was condemned by the same Lai Mohammed when Jonathan visited with claims that Buhari chased Maitasine into Chad in just days when he was in the army. I thought Boko Haram should have been chased across the border by now going by Lai Mohammed's propaganda without the need to visit Chad? All Lai Mohammed needed to say is that Buhari is just settling in and should not be rushed to take hasty decisions that in the long run might be detrimental to our collective good. I personally think that Buhari is not slow and is only doing what is expected considering the state in which he met Nigeria, but I will not support propaganda which wants to make things that are not seem to be. Our prayer is that Buhari succeeds for the benefit of all Nigerians but we should call a spade a spade and not play politics with the facts. It is also important that the opposition is vibrant and puts the President on his toes from day one so he does not slack on his promises. The man has a truly herculean task and we should all wish him well.
ReplyDeleteNigerian money with PDP is enough to meet our national budget for a minimum of five years. Squeeze it out of them, Buhari!
ReplyDeletePDP should keep quiet and allow GMB to concentrate and so work for Nigerians. I think they were trying to cover up their atrocities so that other Nigerians will see them as angels. I advise Buhari to probe all of them if possible send them to prison.
ReplyDeleteIt appears to me that the current govt at least are trying to be sincere with the realities on the ground as against the grand deceptions of the previous govt.
ReplyDeleteIf Jonathan had won the 2015 presidential election, we would not know the damage already done. And the country would have been written off like a bad tyre.
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