The PDP has acussed President Muhammadu Buhari of scamming Nigerians with "a list of empty campaign promises".
The party also accused the Buhari administration of taking the glory for the achievements of the PDP government in the past 16 years.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday,July 26th,Olisa Metuh,Spokesperson for the PDP,advised Nigerians to brace up for more hard times under President Buhari.
"Since the President has insistwd on running his government as a sole administrator,making important decisions on national affairs without recourse to relevant statutory arms and organs of government,we are compelled to demand that this administration come out clear on its expenses,,since assumption of office in May.,in keeping with its much harped stance on transparency",he said.
We make this demand because since the APC took office,the nation's financial system in the absence of statutory functionaries has been enmeshed in cofusion,controversy and fertile atmosphere for financial sleazes.Recall that when it assumed office,the administration raised the issue of the empty treasury only for the nation to learn few days later from the Accountant General of the Federation that about $2.1billion was left in the Excess Crude Account(ECA).
“When the PDP demanded credit for the ECA savings, the nation
was suddenly made aware of huge sums from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas dividends from which the APC-led Federal Government announced financial bailout for states. It is interesting to note that whereas the Presidency has gone ahead to unilaterally deplete the funds without recourse to appropriate statutory arms of government, state governors are on air announcing that they have not received any form of bailout whatsoever from the centre, raising serious questions on the handling of national resources.
The PDP said the only achievements and change brought by the APC government were the curbing of the fundamental human rights of citizens, engaging in selective application of war against corruption, interfering in the activities of the national assembly and eroding the independence of INEC.
“We are also aware of the position of the law and that Mrs. Zakari’s tenure as a member of the commission elapsed on July 21, 2015. We restate that as long as Mrs Zakari remains in the commission, it should not be considered as independent and we will not accept any attempt to manipulate the results of the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa, which are known PDP strongholds.
So far,bad change that the government has reneged on many of it's promises to it's people, and now seeks to hoodwink them with lies,propaganda and governance orchestrations.So far,bad change that the people now have to live with that the government has no intention of providing monthly stipend N5,000 to the discharged,but unemployed Youth Corp members,free meals for school children,100 million jobs,additional 4 million new homes,and bringing the naira with the same value with the dollar,among other promises they were voted for.
As a responsible political party that has sustained democracy in the last 16 years,we are in good position to understand the growing frustration and agitation among the people.However,we appreciate the sense of calm by the citizens,especially bearing in mind that this confusion called APC would end in the next 4 years".
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