Contrary to the claim by Buhari that he
was fighting corruption, the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that
the President is surrounding himself with people who have corruption
cases......
It therefore said that the claim of integrity by the President was questionable.
It further described the claim by the President that opposition could see that he was trying as an admittance of failure.
The main opposition party insisted that
the President had failed in the three cardinal promises he made to
Nigerians when he was campaigning in 2015.
The National Publicity Secretary of the
party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, who spoke with one of our correspondents in
an interview in Abuja, also debunked the claim by the Governor of Imo
State, Rochas Okorocha, that the performance of Buhari’s government was
satisfactory to God.
He said, “Here is a President who is
surrounded by corrupt people, people who have corruption cases hanging
on their necks. Where then is the much-touted integrity of the man?
“If you claim not to be a thief, but you
are surrounded by thieves, you eat with them, open your doors for them
and play with them? Are you not supposed to be worried?
“Where then is the integrity? Every
suspected corrupt person is becoming your friend. Everyone being tried
for stealing and corruption is wining and dining with you. Then you say
you have integrity. President Muhammadu Buhari has shown Nigerians his
friends and we now know the kind of person he is.”
Ologbondiyan said the President could
not have sincerely claimed to have succeeded in the fight against
insurgency and revamp of the economy as well.
In the area of insurgency, he said the
government of former President Goodluck Jonathan was able to restore
normalcy to the North-East, adding that this was responsible for the
ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct
elections in the zone in 2015.
He said, “The President has indeed
failed in the three areas he promised Nigerians. The indices before
Nigerians testify to this.
“He has not solved any problem at all.
He made the promise that he would fight insurgency, fight corruption and
also revamp the economy.
“The PDP government has fought
insurgency to the extent that elections were held and results declared
in all the local government areas in North-East by the Independent
National Electoral Commission. The outcome of the elections made the
commission to declare President Buhari as the winner. Today, some areas
in the zone have been taken over by insurgents.”
On the economy, he said Nigerians were worse off.
“Interest rates have gone up. Banks no
longer have the capacity to grant loans. The lending facilities handed
over to this government by the PDP government are all wiped off.
“Today, there is no middle class. So,
where is the said performance? When he is rejected by Nigerians next
year, he will go to his village, regretting that he has disappointed the
people who elected him to serve them.”
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