The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has taken President
Muhammadu Buhari to task over his comments that anger, frustration and
disenchantment among the youth was responsible for the escalation of
kidnapping, abduction and other crimes in the country.
In a statement Tuesday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola
Ologbondiyan, the party said the President’s comment was a direct admission of
his failure in governance.
The party stated that the comment also confirmed that
President Buhari was aware that Nigerian youths did not vote for him in the
February 23 presidential election.
The statement said, “This self-confession by Mr. President
is equally an admission that he has no solutions, and points to the ugly
situation that would continue to confront the nation, if the stolen
presidential mandate is not retrieved in the courts.
“Is it not appalling that at a time when other world leaders
are leading their youths to constructive and productive ventures and developing
their nations, Nigerian youths are being pushed into situations of anger, frustration
and recourse to criminality?”
Under President Buhari, our national economy has continued
to slide; over 30 million Nigerians have lost their jobs and basic means of
livelihood; businesses have continued to shut down; the cost of essential goods and
services have persistently soared, while the purchasing power of citizens worsens.
“It is more disheartening that instead of finding solutions,
Mr. President resorted to rhetoric and begging the question to the extent of
describing criminality as a new occupation and a business”.
The main opposition party said Nigerians were shocked at President
Buhari’s “insensitivity” to the victims of the bloodlettings, kidnapping,
banditry and other acts of violence in the country.
The party considered the President’s joke where he joked
that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu’s weight loss was an
indication that the police chief was effectively tackling the security situation in
the country.
“It is most heartbreaking that at the time President Buhari
was making a joke on the security situation, bandits were having a field day in
communities in Zamfara State where they reportedly killed over 50 Nigerians,
while many more compatriots are still held hostage by kidnappers in forests in
various parts of our country.
“Such attitude to governance, especially on issues that have
to do with the lives of Nigerians is completely unacceptable and must be
condemned by all,” the statement added.
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