The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the
All Progressives Congress (APC) of destroying the
independence of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt
Practices and other related offences Commission
(ICPC).
PDP said this in a statement to commemorate the
19th anniversary as a “topmost” political party in
Nigeria.
According to the statement, PDP created the EFCC and
ICPC within its 16 years in power, to curb the menace
of corruption in the country.
“The PDP formally came into being on the 31st of
August, 1998, and has since then, remained the only
viable, prosperous, strongest and most visionary
political party in Nigeria,” the statement read.
“The PDP administration established two major anti-
corruption agencies, the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission (ICPC) to curb the menace of corruption
in the country.
“These efforts reduced corrupt practices and further
increased the confidence of foreign investors that
resulted in huge investment inflows into the country.
“The APC-led government of today has destroyed the
independence of these agencies with their selective
approach of using ‘deodorants’ when APC members
are involved and ‘insecticides’ when it concerns the
PDP members and other Nigerians.”
Ahmed Makarfi, chairman of the party’s caretaker
committee, thanked all members of the party, its
founding fathers and supporters.
The statement signed by Chinwe Nnorom, head,
publicity division of PDP, reeled out some of its
achievements in power, while promising to do more if
elected in the 2019 election.
“Nigeria as a country is today celebrating close to two
decades of uninterrupted civilian rule because of the
sacrifices and investments made by the founding
fathers of the PDP. We are proud of them and their
legacies will be immortalized in the anal of Nigerian
history,” the statement read.
“We also thank the people of Nigeria for the
overwhelming support and confidence reposed on us
in our sixteen years of administration. As a human
organization, there might have been some issues or
areas we could not cover when we were governing. We
promise to make amends as when given the
opportunity again in 2019.
“As we celebrate the Nineteen Years of the PDP today,
we are proud of the huge achievements of successive
PDP administrations which are too numerous to
mention. We therefore call on all our members,
supporters and indeed all Nigerians to continue
believing in the PDP.
“We wish to further emphasize that the PDP remains
the only tried, tested and reliable party in Nigeria.
“For the record, in 1999 the Image of Nigeria
internationally was in a deplorable state with very poor
human rights records.The PDP took conscious steps
to change that perception and within a very short
period, it restored the country to its pride of place
among the comity of nations. We promise to do it
again come 2019.
TheCable
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