The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, Kaduna State chapter, has observed that three years of the All
Progressives Congress, APC led federal and Kaduna State governments have
destroyed the institutions of democracy.
In a statement by the state PDP
Publicity Secretary, Abraham Alberah Catoh, on the state of the nation, PDP
described the 2018 Democracy Day Celebration as a day of sober reflection with
nothing to celebrate.
The party explained, “In
retrospect, only 3 years down the line the tenets of our democracy is fast
eroding. The All Progressive Congress(APC)-led federal and state governments
have been destroying the major Institutions of our democratic state.
“Arbitrary arrests of innocent
law abiding Nigerians, attacks on journalists, media trials of perceived
enemies and “corrupt politicians” from the opposition parties or dissenting
voices, unconstitutional demolition of properties belonging to Nigerians and
opposing political actors and demolition of markets.”
The party noted that the APC was
trying so hard to destroy the separation of powers between the National
Assembly and the Executive.
The party lamented, “For 3 years
that the APC took over power, it has failed Nigerians that voted for “change”
completely at all levels. Three (3) years is enough time to assess any serious
government. The APC has refused to fulfill its campaign promises and have
continued in their blame game attitude, unabated because of their ineptitude.
“In Kaduna State, there is no
single project initiated and completed by governor Nasiru El-Rufai, even with
the quantum of monies running into trillions of Naira from the Federation
Account, Paris Club refund, bail outs, loans and grants, and proceeds from the
sale of government houses and properties.
“The spate of uncompleted
projects in Kaduna State is an eye sore with no hope of completion in sight.
“In furtherance of the El-Rufai
anti-people policies, over 50,000 civil servants were sacked without recourse
to laid down rules even with their campaign promise of providing jobs to our
teeming youths.
“The APC also promised to revive
the ailing textiles industries, but as usual with the El-Rufai and APC
administration, that is synonymous with lies and propaganda, nothing has
changed rather the people are worst off.”
The PDP described the APC as the
worst thing that has happened to our 19-year democracy.
It said, “A party that prides
itself as a change platform that won elections through a transparent balloting
using the Card Reader is afraid of using same process to conduct local
government councils election.
“They could not allow a level
playing field for all parties to participate fully. The election was an
embarrassment to the electoral process; the APC missed an opportunity of
writing its name in gold, just like the PDP did in 2015 general elections. With
all their claims of fanthom “achievements”, the people were ready to vote
against them.
“In places where elections took
place, the people voted against them. While the APC desperate politicians stole
away Voting materials that is, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), results
sheets et al, to hotels and some other pasts of the state because they were
scared of losing the elections. What a shame!
“The spate of wanton killings by
herdsmen and unknown gunmen and kidnappings is unprecedented, people are maimed
and killed without government intervention, but even with the glaring lack of
government’s delibrate intervention in protecting the citizens, Governor
El-Rufai announced to the world that “the security situation in Nigeria is only
exaggerated by the media”.
”No wonder, the government has
allowed the reckless killings and kidnappings in Birnin Gwari, Giwa and
Southern Kaduna to go on even with the payment of “compensation” to these
terrorists by the governor,” PDP wondered.
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