The Markafi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has scored the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progress Party (APC) government low as Nigerians celebrate this year’s Democracy day.
In a statement by its publicity spokesman, Dayo Adeyeye, the PDP said the APC has left Nigerians with nothing to celebrate two years after taking over power.
The PDP accused the APC of ‘suppressing and denying it’ the political space to provide credible opposition in the country.
The PDP accused the APC of selectively fighting corruption adding that the ruling party has become a shield for corrupt politicians.
“The Question is what has the APC done to fight corruption? Nothing! Yes, indeed nothing except noise, hounding, torturing, flouting of court orders and vilification of opposition leaders and members in and out of courts/incarcerations without proving anything; harassments, intimidation, indiscriminate arrests and detention of Judges in order to cow them to desecrate the Judiciary and deny the people justice; promote gestapo state and by extension, kill democracy.
“On the much celebrated anti-corruption fight of the APC therefore, it must be noted that it was previous PDP governments that created and sustained all the institutions for fighting corruption such as the EFCC and the ICPC. Under the PDP administrations most of those who were tried by these agencies were PDP members.
“The PDP never made any effort to shield PDP members from prosecution and investigation as is the case with the APC government which has made it a policy to sweep all the dirt of its members under the carpet. Instead of entrenching transparency and accountability in governance processes, the APC’s recent ‘Whistle Blowing Policy’ for instance, appears to be a mockery of the System given the reprehensible and comic actions so far under it by finding ‘orphaned monies’ in all nooks and cranny of the country by the EFCC.”
The PDP further blamed Nigeria’s current economic recession in the incompetence of the APC.
“Two years into the APC’s governance, as a result of incompetence and President Buhari’s de-marketing of Nigeria while globetrotting; investors (both local & foreign) have withdrawn their monies from the System thereby creating economic inactivity and consequent depression that we are being faced with alarming rate of suicide. No doubt, economic activities and an enabling environment is the basic response to recession but experience and requisite skills are alien to the APC in this regard.”
On security, the PDP said security situation in Nigeria has worsened owning to the increasing case of Fulani herdsmen attacks in different party of the country.
The PDP further urged the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo to urgently assent the 2017 National Budget and see to its successful implementation in order to reduce the sufferings of the people.
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These comments are very objective. But we have a big problem on our hands – the self acclaimed success of the APC mind-set. Those of us who are not politicians watch the situation with trepidation. The APC is so engrossed in their claim of successes that they believe the lie. Consequently, they fail to see the rot they have turned Nigeria and Nigerians into. Presenting serious failure into success will take us no where. Let us ponder on some of the claimed successes: We have defeated Biko Haram. But it seems we have only cut the tail of the serpent, or that we have replaced it with numerous cobras in the guise of rampaging Fulani herdsmen when Biko Haram went beyond their mandate of extermination other Nigerians and stared to pounce on those born to rule. Indeed, have we conquered BH? Why do we have to negotiate with it instead of rescuing the mostly Christian girls from it in the process of our conquest. Is BH an alternative government with whom we have to exchange prisoners of war? We say we have succeeded in fighting corruption. Is tha true? Is it not true that we have silenced the political opposition and blinded their eyes so that can’t see or talk if they see by some mistake as we quietly line our pockets with Nigerian common wealth. Or how do we explain somebody charged of corruption on Tuesday, becoming a clean man on Wednesday just by decamping to join the APC, not to talk about how we set aside tribunals corrupt indictment to make the indicted persons ministers, etc? Don’t let us go to the economic angle. I have just one question: How many youth did we sent into the unemployment train when we cancelled SURE-P, and have we reemployed equivalent number in our economic recovery programme? There are thousands of questions begging for answers concerning our economic situation today.