The Senator Ahmed
Makarfi led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Friday chided
the All Progressives Congress, APC of only sustaining a regime of
propaganda nearly two years after forming government.
Saying the APC administration has failed to measure to the achievements
made by former President Goodluck Jonathan at mid-term, the PDP said the
only thing that the APC has been able to give to Nigerians is
propaganda having allegedly failed to deliver dividends to the
citizenry.
The PDP statement issued by Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the spokesman of the
National Caretaker Committee, was in reaction to the APC statement
issued on Thursday to the effect that Nigerians have not forgotten the
alleged rot and misdeeds of the PDP while in government.
Responding, Adyeye said:
“It has been two years since the ‘Ruling Party in opposition’ took over
power in May 2015 and
all the APC has done since assumption of office is complaining and
whining, instead of governance and delivering to Nigerians its campaign
promises.
“Nigerians have not also forgotten how the APC in opposition politicized
all issues of governance without proffering a single solution to any of
them, but remained adamant, condemning the sincere policies of previous
PDP administration .
“Nigerians thought the only reply by the APC to our statement of
Wednesday, March 29, 2017, would have been for the Party to role out its
achievements in the last 2 years instead of another shameless descent
into the abyss of propaganda, blame-game and media trial of previous PDP
led administration. However, we are not surprised because the APC has
no achievement to flaunt before Nigerians than the boring rehash of what
the PDP did or did not do.
“We still maintained that Nigerians should take critical look at the
Mid-Term Report of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s Administration and compare it
to that of the current APC led government and access them on
performance and achievements.
On the much celebrated anti-corruption fight of the APC, it must be
noted that it was previous PDP governments that created and sustained
all the institutions for fighting corruption such as the ICPC and the
EFCC. Under the PDP administrations most of those who were tried by
these agencies were PDP members. There was no effort to shield PDP
members from prosecution and investigation as it’s the case with the APC
Government which has made it a policy to sweep all the dirt of its
members under the carpet.
“Recall the grass cutting allegations against the SGF, the Awards of
Contracts to ghost companies by the Federal Government Committee on
Northeast, allegation of attempted bribery of Judges by the Minister of
Transport and that of Science and Technology, the CBN Forex racketeering
and most recently, the DSS indictment of the Chairman of the Economic
and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu and many others.
“On the War on Boko Haram, the APC spokesman forgot to mention that it
was the same weapons bought by previous PDP administration that the
Present Government is still using to prosecute the War on insurgency in
the Northeast. He also forgot to mention that despite his corruption
claim on the PDP led Government, the PDP made Nigeria Economy the
largest in Africa and the fastest growing in the world. Where are we
now? In less than 2 years, our economy is in recession.
“May we again remind the APC that the Dollar under the PDP Government
was 165 Naira to 1 US Dollar. Today, the difference is there for
everyone to see. The 18,000 Naira minimum wage could buy 2 bags of Rice
and still had some change in the PDP led government, but today, where
are we?
“Nigerians have never been so hungry in their entire lives, except
during the Civil War as seen in the last two years. The APC Spokesman
forgot to add that, the Federal Government under the PDP created 500,000
jobs a year for our teeming unemployed youths. Since the APC led
Administration took over, more than 4.5 million people have lost their
jobs.
“During the era of the PDP under President Goodluck Jonathan alone, 12
new Universities, and Almajiri schools were established. What is the APC
achievement in education, agriculture, sports development, job
creation, economy etc,
“The APC should stop complaining and do what they promised Nigerians.
The Party promised to fix Nigeria and solve all the problems in less
than two years. All the Party has done is to blame the PDP and give
excuse for its failure.
“Nigerians are no longer excited with the APC’s selective fight against
corruption when its house is smelling and oozing with the stench of
corruption and reckless looting of our common wealth. This reminds us of
the Statement credited to Senator Shehu Sani of Kaduna State, that the
APC led government is using insecticide to fight corruption when it
concerns other Nigerians but using deodorant when it concerns top APC
leaders and members.” – Vanguard.
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