A statement by the Peoples Democratic Party attacking President Muhammadu Buhari for preferring to chase political enemies, rather than fixing the tottering economy has drawn arguably the shortest response from the All Progressives Congress, the kernel of which is that the PDP should stop distracting the president ‘with jejune’ statements.
The APC described the PDP’s rambling statement on the nation’s economy as part of the opposition’s ploy to distract the Buhari Administration from its onerous task of putting the nation on a sound footing.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the PDP’s statement was a litany of delusional self praise, rather than a genuine concern about the nation’s well being.
”The question the PDP should ask itself is that if it had laid a solid foundation for the economy in its 16 years in charge, could such a foundation have given way in just three months of a new Administration?
”If the PDP had been as fantastic as its statement had portrayed, it would still be the ruling, rather than the opposition party that it is now.
”It is therefore important for the PDP to concentrate its attention on remaking its tattered image rather than continuing to act as a desperate attention-seeking opposition,” it said
In lambasting Buhari for choosing what it deemed ‘a wrong priority, the PDP claimed it was speaking out because the economy has remained on rapid fall since the last four months apparently due to the absence of clear-cut fiscal policy direction and an economic team to deal with the domestic and global challenges associated with a developing economy.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in the statement on Monday said “whereas the PDP is in full support of the President’s efforts in tackling corruption and insurgency, the party is however concerned about the grave economic situation we now face, as well as indices from global economic watchers, which this administration has failed to give deserving attention, despite its predictable negative impact”.
The PDP said it is duty-bound, beyond politics, to call the president’s attention to the fact that under the prevailing circumstances, the nation is evidently heading to economic doldrums.
“Mr. President, this is no longer about politics and partisanship. It is about the economy of our dear nation and the wellbeing of the Nigerian citizens.
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