The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Bola
Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast on Monday was “bereft” of “concrete” plans to
address the nation’s problems.
During the broadcast, Tinubu reeled out plans by his
administration to improve the living standard of Nigerians, grow the economy
and mitigate the effect of petrol subsidy removal.
However, in a statement issued on Tuesday, Debo Ologunagba,
PDP spokesperson, said Nigerians should not believe Tinubu with “his staged
address in feeble defence of his badly planned and hurriedly-executed policies
that have worsened economic hardship and uncertainty across the country in the
last two months”.
“The PDP is appalled that the address is another litany of false promises hurriedly put together by his handlers in the desperate bid to hoodwink and beguile Nigerians, blackmail labour fronts and divert public attention from the life-discounting experiences imposed by the APC government,” the statement reads.
“Such antics and play
on the psychology of Nigerians with propaganda and empty promises are
consistent with the deceptive trajectory of the APC since its emergence in
2014.
The opposition party alleged that the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) in the last administration with Tinubu as the
leader “never fulfilled any of the promises made to Nigerians.
According to the statement, the PDP said the ruling party
has remained unaccountable and “turned our once prosperous nation to the
poverty capital of the world where over 100 million citizens cannot afford
their daily meals and other necessities of life”.
“We invite Nigerians
to note that a comprehensive review of the speech shows that it is merely
aspirational, meant only to mesmerize the citizens as it is completely bereft
of any concrete plans to tackle the energy crisis, production issues, monetary
challenges and worsening insecurity in our country,” the PDP said.
“It is instructive to observe from the speech, that the APC
has no marshal plan to stimulate domestic crude refining as an answer to the
crippling energy and manufacturing deficits in the country, instead the APC has
committed our nation to the mercies of foreign interests and market forces.
“The submission in the speech that there are no other ways
but for Nigerians to suffer hardship and high costs further exposes APC’s
scandalous cluelessness, lack of capacity and deficiency of innovative ideas to
effectively steady and manage a nation like Nigeria.
“It also shows APC’s insensitivity to the suffering of
Nigerians and lackadaisical approach to serious issues of governance. It is
like the case of you take it or leave it! The APC should know that there is frustration
in the society in the face of its apparent lack of ideas and leadership focus.”
The PDP asked Nigerians “not to despair over the new
challenges presented by the speech but to remain calm and continue to support
one another at this perilous time while hoping in the judiciary to restore
their mandate for the enthronement of a purposeful, people-oriented and
effective administration that will work only for the interest of the people”.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com