The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
has lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari over the signing of the Deep
Offshore bill into law in far away London.
The party which expressed
displeasure over the situation described the President’s action as
unjustifiable as it stressed that such power is not entrenched in the
constitution for the president.
There have been uproar in various
circles after Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari flew to London on Monday with
the bill which the president assented to.
According to the PDP in a
statement issued on Wednesday, the move is ‘inexcusable and insulting’ to the
sensibility of Nigerians.
The statement signed by the South
West Zonal Publicity Secretary of the party, Ayo Fadaka also berated the
presidency for allegedly ridiculing the office of the Vice President and the
entire country.
The statement reads, “These
developments must serve as a wakeup call to all patriots that there is indeed
fire on the mountain, thus immediate beginning of eternal vigilance to rescue
our democracy from the vice grips of power hungry appointees of the President
working in cahoot with him is now essential.
While we are absolutely
uninterested in the unhealthy developments within the Presidency which is fast
developing into a schism, we declare that Nigerian nation and its interests far
surpasses the immature and pedestrian scheming of the President and his cabal.
It is now common knowledge that memos from the office of the Vice President is
now subjected to the superintendency of the President’s Chief of Staff, that is
an outright abuse of privilege.
“Nigerians expect the Buhari
Presidency to work assiduously in the interest of our nation and vastly revamp
our economy which they destroyed with their naive policies since 2015 and not
to prosecute little wars when they should be working for the nation.
“That action of President Buhari
to sign a bill into law in far away Britain is inexcusable and insulting to the
sensibilities of Nigerians and nothing on earth can excuse or justify it.
The statement further reads that
“The opinion expressed by some APC leaders that the President can work from
anywhere, with due apologies to them and their status, is both patronizing and
idiotic as far as signing a bill into law is concerned, this is because such
laws are to be enforced within the boundaries of our nation which certainly
does not extend to everywhere.
“The President can only work from
anywhere when he is pursuing diplomatic and bilateral relations on behalf of
the nation.
“We conclude that it is not right
for President Buhari to drag the nation to his sick bed in the UK, that is why
the Constitution made a provision for a Vice President. Nigeria cannot be
restricted to the whims and caprices of anybody, irrespective of his/their
privilege positions.
“Nigeria is a nation of virile
people whose fortunes have completely been destroyed in the Buhari years with
petty attitudes of this nature.
“We take serious views of
developments in our nation these past few days beginning with the whimsical
summary dismissal of the petition of our Presidential Candidate and Party’s
petition by the Supreme Court without a hearing, an action that is inconsistent
with constitutional provisions and now this new odious signing into law of a
bill by our President in a foreign land as symptoms of an emerging dictatorship
that is waiting to blossom.”
The PDP, however, alleged that
private visit of the president to London is nothing but a medical tourism.
“We take due notice of the fact
that President Buhari has again embarked on another of his undeclared medical
tourisms to the United Kingdom and has obviously taken along with him to his
sick bed the affairs of the Nigerian nation, this is sad.”
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