The Presidency, through the Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has attacked the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, saying that “Something must definitely be wrong” with
the main opposition party.
The Presidency wondered why the PDP should dismiss
yesterday’s national broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari as disappointing.
In an article made available by Shehu on
Tuesday evening, the Presidency said the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) is not
normal “if they would-as they did yesterday- dismiss the important national
broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘disappointing,’ a speech for which
the European Union, through their Ambassador to Nigeria, congratulated the
President, describing it as ‘a very powerful address to the nation last night.’
“But by no means is this the first shocker for Nigerians
from a party that sees itself as the alternative government.”
Shehu said that the PDP has opposed every single decision
taken in the interest of national security by the Buhari administration.
He said that the week before, the PDP celebrated a foreign
leader who they invited to come and tutor President Muhammadu Buhari, an army
General and a successful war commander, on how to fight Boko Haram terrorists.
“This is a leader who has transformed the armed forces in
the last five years and brought them to a respectable standing among nations.
“They questioned the bravery of our soldiers and spread
false rumors that their preferred foreign leader had routed out insurgents on
the Nigerian soil ‘and freed Nigerian territories and soldiers held captive by
terrorists in the northern part of Borno State.’
“PDP’s corruption and ineptitude allowed Boko Haram to
occupy 18 local governments to be captured and millions to relocate. Nigerians
have not forgotten and are waiting for them in 2023.
“For a political party that led Nigeria for 16 years
pursuing wrong policies and strategies that destroyed not only the armed forces
but have destroyed the nation and its economy, there won’t be much from them to
shock the citizens when they say that they see nothing good in the enormously
successful war that the Buhari administration has waged against the Covid-19
global pandemic.
“The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Secretary
General Antonio Guterres have at different times praised Nigeria and commended
its anti-Covid war as worthy of emulation.
“This is on account of the fact that from the moment of its
importation into the country, the government has done a lot of work to
strengthen the health sector to stem the spread and defeat the virus.
“Government has succeeded in uniting the whole country- its
religious and community leaders; business leaders and employee unions; students
and civil society and a large number of political parties- with perhaps only
the PDP yet to decide to joins a massive and an unprecedented coalition of
Nigerians-saying we are all in this together-fighting to defeat the
coronavirus.
“Of significant interest in this circumstance is the
leadership that the governing All Progressives Congress, APC has shown through
an ongoing public enlightenment campaign on the rules of hygiene beaming from
radio and TV stations in many parts of the country.
“The PDP won’t do any of these. No, to do this will be
disruptive of their campaign of disorganization. They would rather attack the
President as he attacks terrorists and coronavirus. They don’t realize that the
times have changed and the country has changed. Their leaders continue to show
an abysmal lack of understanding of the sentiments of the people.
“When they voted in his government in 2015, some said it was
because Nigerians wanted to see the back of the PDP.
“In voting massively for his second and final term, Nigerian
people backed his return for the work that he is doing on all parameters,
promoting the welfare of the people and providing modern infrastructure.
“The decisions so far announced by the President in dealing
with coronavirus will benefit the whole country- leaders and followers, farmers
and consumers, manufacturers, producers and traders, youngsters and the
elderly, Muslim, Christian and non-believers-all sections of society.
“The PDP should make the choice of reconnecting with the
people by joining this coalition and stopping the unnecessary distractions;
recognizing the efforts of the people led by the government or simply shut
their mouth if they have nothing important to say.
“The nation is more important than politics,” Garba Shehu
said.
No doubt in 2015 APC/Buhari won, but as you write, if you have conscience you will know that APC/Buhari did not win 2019, He failed woefully, every Nigerian home or abroad know this fact and we did not vote for him.
ReplyDelete@Bliss Who is this we you are referring to. Can only you referred to yourself as we? Please speak for yourself on this platform and stop playing unsolicited leadership. If PDP has done 20% of what PMB has done in 16 years of their corrupt and inept governance, the country won't be as it was in 2015 before the party was swept out of Aso rock.
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