(http://peoplesdailyng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ACN-2015-guber-ticket-tears.jpg) (http://peoplesdailyng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ACN-2015-guber-ticket-tears.jpg)From Ayodele Samuel, Lagos
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said Nigerians need no 'marking scheme' to assess the Jonathan administration, noting that the people know when a government has impacted positively on their lives.
In a statement issued in Ibadan on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also told Jonathan that it is not the business of the opposition to spoon-feed his administration on how to govern.
According to the statement, ''Mr. President, Nigerians need no marking scheme to know that the rate of unemployment went up, under our watch, to an unprecedented 23.9 per cent, by December 2011, according to figures given by the National Bureau of Statistics.
"Today, the figure must be hovering above the 50 per cent mark.
''Mr. President, Nigerians need no marking scheme to know that under your watch, security of lives and property as well as the welfare of the citizens – the raison d'etre of any government – are at the lowest ebb.
"'Mr. President, what marking scheme does one need to know that despite the seemingly impressive economic figures being reeled out by your administration, the average Nigerian is worse off today than he or she was before you assumed office?
"Mr. President, what has been the impact for Nigerians of the high foreign reserves figure and the stable exchange rates for the naira reeled out by your Finance Minister? Is it not a cruel joke?
The party said it would not have wasted its energy on commenting on the mid-term performance record of the Jonathan Administration, had the President not disingenuously decided to blame imaginary enemies of his administration for his token achievements in the face of mounting challenges facing the country."
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