The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop passing the buck and “focus” on delivering the dividends of democracy to the citizens.
The party said this while reacting to the APC’s condemnation of comments credited to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan who said his administration achieved various commendable feats.
Jonathan had also said the PDP government tried its best in tackling corruption to which Osita Okechukwu, director general of Voice of Nigeria (VON) – as well as aides in the presidency – berated him, telling him he rather “widened the loopholes of corruption.”
In response, the PDP said in a statement issued by Dayo Adeyeye, its national publicity, that APC has so far “failed on all fronts” in the country.
The PDP said there is no evidence that the current APC administration has performed better than any of the PDP administrations in its 16-year rule.
“The APC only succeeded in developing a communication strategy around massive propaganda, half truths and outright falsehood in an attempt to keep on deceiving Nigerians,” the statement read.
“The professional propagandists of the APC will realise too late that blaming the ills of the country on past administrations while doing nothing about them for four clear years will not save them on the day of judgement. And the day of reckoning is very much at hand.
“It is shameful and embarrassing that having been in power for two and a half years, the ruling party is unable to point to cogent, convincing and data-driven achievements.
“As at May 29, 2015, Nigeria was the largest economy in Africa valued at over $500bn. A combination of the incoherent policies and incompetence of the ruling party have significantly shrunk the size of the Nigerian economy since the inception of the current administration.
“It is not a coincidence that the last time Nigerians had to deal with the current level of widespread hunger and lack was when President Muhammadu Buhari held sway as Head of State between 1984 and 1985.”
TheCable
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