The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign
council says Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), is not concerned about the effects of the naira scarcity on
Nigerians.
In a statement issued on Friday, Kola Ologbondiyan,
spokesperson of the campaign, said if Tinubu was concerned about Nigerians, he
would have asked the government to correct the economic policies affecting
Nigerians.
Ologbondiyan said the APC candidate is only concerned about
how the naira scarcity affects his presidential ambition but not Nigerians.
“Tinubu set the stage for the national economic setback of
our nation and must take responsibility for his actions,” the statement reads.
“The Atiku/Okowa
campaign recalls how Tinubu led a vicious anti-people campaign against the
introduction of gradual removal of fuel subsidy which had accompanying
palliatives that was cushioning the effects of the subsidy on Nigerians.
“Our campaign is already aware that Nigerians know that
Tinubu is not worried about fuel and new naira notes scarcity but concerned
that the situation was affecting his life ambition of turning Nigeria into his
economic empire and fiefdom.
“If Tinubu was ever concerned about Nigerians, what effort
did he make to get the government where he is the national leader to address
the worsening economy, the abysmal living standard, and our national descent as
one of the fastest growing economies of the world under the PDP to the poverty
capital of the world under his APC?
“It is on record that
under this government, which he brought into power and made many appointments
into, inflation and unemployment have galloped, millions of Nigerians have lost
their jobs and many more can no longer afford their daily meals due to the
astronomical cost of living. What were the consoling words of Tinubu to
Nigerians?
“It is also important to ask Tinubu the advice he provided
his government when Nigerians began to take their own lives by jumping into the
lagoon in Lagos State out of frustration while others were forced into slavery
mission abroad as an option to dying of hunger and acute poverty under Tinubu’s
APC.
“While Nigerians were suffering these untold hardships,
Tinubu had no words of consolation for them. He only remembered the cost of the
naira, the non-availability of fuel, and the new cash crunch when he mounted a
soapbox to campaign for his failed Presidential life ambition.
“How can Tinubu posture as if he has concern for Nigerians
whereas, in the almost eight years when banditry, kidnapping, and acts of
terrorism in the north and other parts of the country went on unchecked with
mindless killings, maiming, and wanton destruction of public and private
property, he had nothing to say.
“It is clear that
Tinubu is not interested in our national challenges but in the Presidential
race for his “Emilokan” agenda.”
The PDP added that Nigerians “are set to reject him with a
shattering defeat on February 25”.
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