The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the coronavirus case
in Nigeria is as a result of the inadequacies of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.
Nigeria recorded its first case of the deadly virus after an
Italian visited the country.
In a statement on Friday, Kola Ologbodiyan, PDP spokesman,
said the current administration has failed to live up to its responsibilities,
adding that it took “no concrete steps to hedge our nation against the virus,
leading to the current scary situation.”
He said the government has refused to evacuate its citizens
in Wuhan, China, and also failed to prevent the disease from spreading to the
country.
The main opposition party accused the Buhari government of
negligence and “laid back attitude to governance and the welfare of Nigerians
leading to the avoidable entrance of the deadly corona virus into our dear
country.”
“The PDP notes that a responsive and proactive government
would have mobilized effective surveillance and screening measures to ward off
the menace, particularly at our entry points, but the incompetent, insensitive
and indifferent Buhari administration, was more interested in propaganda and
unnecessary showboating with false performance claims,” the statement read.
“The PDP said Nigerians should directly hold the Buhari
Presidency responsible should any national calamity arose from COVID-19 in
addition to the economic and security challenges its negligence had caused our
nation.
“Due to the negligence and incompetence of the Buhari
administration, Nigerians can no longer move freely across their country for
fear of insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and now corona virus.
“Indeed, the Buhari government is a huge misfortune to our
nation. This latest leadership failure further validates widespread calls for
it to step aside for more competent hands to manage the affairs of our
country.”
The party called on agencies, groups, corporate entities and
public-spirited individuals to intensify efforts in curbing the disease before
it spreads.
It also called on the federal government to “end its
cosmetic attitude and immediately adopt the proactive strategy used by the PDP
administration to promptly contain the Ebola Virus disease in 2014.”
Nigeria became the 52nd country to confirm a positive case
of the virus on Friday.
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