The All Progressives Congress
(APC) has reacted to the statement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that
history won’t be kind to President Muhammadu Buhari.
APC said PDP was in pain because
the Buhari administration had put a lot of members out of their illegitimate
job of looting the country.
Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National
Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Saturday, said for 16 years, several
leaders of the PDP were having a bazaar in their reckless and senseless race to
produce the world’s highest number of billionaires whose only enterprise was
stealing from the public purse.
He noted that: “During this
period of calamitous heist, thousands of PDP members also held Nigeria by the
throat, in an unpatriotic race to help themselves to our collective resources.
The entire public sector in collaboration with willing players from the private
sector was neck-deep in fleecing the treasury. At a period of surplus, when
crude oil prices rose to as much as $140, successive PDP governments supervised
a massive scrambling for cheap money.
“Alongside the fuel subsidy
racket, diversion of counter-insurgency funds to PDP leaders and cronies, they
awarded roads, railways, power plants, airport terminals, dredging of
waterways, bridges, and many other projects that Nigeria badly needed, yet
delivered nothing. The projects were mere decoy and conduits for looting the
treasury. With billions of dollars stolen, the APC government inherited a
decrepit country from PDP.
“In the last five years, the
President Buhari-led APC government has not only been putting these looters out
of jobs, we are relentlessly working to recover our country’s stolen resources
from them. We are glad that Nigerians are seeing positive results of the
current administration’s efforts.
“Hundreds of looters are being
prosecuted, assets illegally acquired and unexplainable wealth are being
recovered, while a number of them are spending time in jail. Many more will be
on their way to jail soon. A number of them are on the run and we are
collaborating with the international community to bring them to justice.
“Meanwhile, as we put the PDP
looters out of jobs, we are creating the environment and other support
structures for creating legitimate jobs. The outcomes are evident in the
construction, manufacturing and agricultural sectors despite the fact that the
country is earning far less than what was earned under the PDP.
“Jobs are being created in many
productive sectors. Our security agencies are employing more personnel to
create jobs and to bolster their capacity to secure lives and property. The
year 2020 promises much more in massive infrastructure, solid minerals, oil and
gas, and industrialisation.”
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