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APC, PDP Fight Over Buhari’s Policies by Holywizard: 9:20am On Jul 27, 2015
* Buhari running discriminatory, vindictive govt –
PDP
* Says insurgency has worsened
* Asks what $2.1bn World Bank loan is for
* Notes: Humiliation of Patience Jonathan
unacceptable
* PDP can’t provide virile opposition – APC
By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru & Simon
Ebegbulem

ABUJA- THE opposition Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) yesterday criticized most of the policies of
President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing him of
running a discriminatory, vindictive and divisive
government.

It also alleged that a new form of corruption is
thriving under the President Buhari administration
in spite of his anti-corruption crusade. The party
specifically asked the president to tell Nigerians
what he plans to do with the $2.1billion World Bank
loan and counter claims over the disbursement of
the recent bailout fund with the governors saying
they have not received any bailout from the
Federal Government.

This came as the ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC) described the PDP’s statements as hollow
adding that the PDP is incapable of providing virile
opposition to the ruling party.
Indeed, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State
said yesterday that contrary to insinuations in
many quarters, no state has got a kobo from the
Federal Government as bailout fund.

He spoke at a reception for the Inspector-General
of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, in Sabongida Ora,
Owan West Local Government Area of the state,
weekend. According to the governor, the cheering
news, however, is that President Muhammadu
Buhari is committed to seeing an end to the
situation where up to 15 states owe workers’
salaries.

Buhari running discriminatory, vindictive govt –PDP
The national leadership of the PDP criticized
President Buhari over statements attributed to
him that Nigerians who gave him 97 per cent of
their votes will be better treated than those who
gave him five per cent.
President Buhari reportedly made the comment in
a session with foreign journalists in Washington DC
during his visit to the United States of America.
The PDP said the statement was not only vindictive
and divisive, but also an attempt by the president
to govern the country in a discriminatory manner.
Addressing Journalists yesterday, PDP National
Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh said the
statement was biased and partisan, adding that it
has become imperative for the president to explain
if this would form the basis of government
appointments and jettisoning of merit and the
principle of federal character as enshrined in the
constitution.
Metu, who described the recent visit of the
President to the United States as embarrassing,
stressed that the absence of an economic team for
healthy and informed discussion at the meeting
with officials of the US government was a serious
blunder.

The PDP also lampooned the government over
comments by the Director of Protocol, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Hussein, warning
former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan that if
he sees her again at the Protocol Lounge of the
Port Harcourt Airport, she would be dealt with.
Urging the presidency to call the officer to order,
the party said: “The recent organised public
humiliation of the immediate past First lady and
wife of the former President, Dame Patience
Jonathan at the Port Harcourt Airport where she
was refused access to the protocol lounge based on
‘order from Abuja’ is a particular case in point.
“We stress this case because when the immediate
past President was in power, all former presidents
and their slouches had unhindered access to the
protocol lounge,”adding, “while we note that this
development has been widely condemned by
Nigerians, we ask if the former President erred in
conceding defeat. Is the Federal Government by
any means encouraging a sit-tight attitude by
government officials?”

Metuh, who urged President Buhari to explain to
Nigerians what his planned World Bank Loan of
$2.1 billion would be used for, if the government
was actually transparent, however asked the
President to account to Nigerians the cost of
governance since May 29 against the backdrop that
he has taken some very serious decisions without
recourse to relevant statutory arms and organs of
government.
The PDP spokesperson who stressed that the All
Progressives Congress, APC government so far has
no direction, said: “President Buhari told a stunned
audience in the US that “constituencies that gave
me 97 percent cannot in all honesty be treated, on
some issues, with constituencies that gave me five
percent”, signifying that his government will be
discriminatory.
“Never in the history of our nation has a president
made such a divisive and vindictive declaration.
Never in the history of Nigeria has a President
made such tendentious, biased and partisan
statement, a blade on the chord of unity of his own
country and people…
“We demand that the President come clear on this
matter. Would this form the basis of government
appointments rather than adherence to merit and
the principle of federal character as enshrined in
the constitution? Would this be a basis for
termination of appointments, promotions and key
policies in the service circle?
“Would it form the basis for distribution of
infrastructural development projects and other
essential interventions rather than the principle of
equity and equality of federating units as
stipulated by the constitution? Is this a deliberate
policy by the APC or his personal stance? Are we
expecting the same discriminatory policy from APC
state governors?

On the president’s US trip, the PDP said:
“Similarly, the business community in Nigeria and
indeed across the world noted with utter dismay
the disgraceful treatment meted out on some
Nigerian bankers and captains of industries by
President Buhari during his US visit.
“Whereas the President has the right to decide who
makes his entourage on such an important official
visit, which visibly excluded National Assembly
leaders, economic experts and had no woman, the
manner with which he shamed and walked out
Nigerians businessmen sends very wrong signal to
international investors and poses great threats to
inflow of direct foreign investment into our
country.
These Nigerian businessmen were rejected by their
President only for them to be valued by other
Presidents of African nations who led them into a
meeting with President Barack Obama in their own
countries on account of their investments in those
nations.

“Whilst we reserve our comments on the numerous
blunders and gaffes in the presentation of ideas,
we note the embarrassment caused by the absence
of an economic team for healthy and informed
discussion at the meeting with officials of the US
government.
“Whereas President Obama came to the meeting
with a formidable team of experts and key federal
officials, our President had three APC governors
with questionable performance and who owe salaries
and billion of naira in debts, thereby robbing our
nation the benefits and gains of the discussions.
“Furthermore, since the President has insisted 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.

“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
confusion, controversy and fertile atmosphere for
financial sleazes.
“Last Thursday, our dear President, President
Muhammadu Buhari returned from his much-
publicised visit to the United States of America. A
visit which has proven to be anything but
successful, yet another miscarried cosmetic
intervention to hide government’s inefficiency and
inability to face the real business of governance…
“It is disheartening that rather than secure any
sort of tangible gain for the fight against
terrorism, which has lost steam under the APC
watch, with insurgents, who were pushed to the
verge of surrender by the Goodluck Jonathan
administration, now surging back and spreading
into the country, we get nothing but exchanges and
disagreements between the Presidency and their
American hosts. This is not only embarrassing but
also worrisome indication of crass ineptitude in the
handling of international affairs on the part of the
present administration.

“We urge the APC-led administration to settle
down, put its acts together and get determined,
without further excuse, to face the fight against
insurgency with every sense of seriousness
especially given President Buhari’s promise in his
April 2, 2015 CNN interview to end the scourge two
months after his inauguration, which is by the end
of this month.”
“Recall that when it assumed office, this
administration raised the issue of empty treasury
only for the nation to learn few days later from
the Accountant General of the Federation that
about $2.1 billion 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.

“This is more so as we have information that the
Presidency acting alone, has gone into discussions
with the World Bank for a loan of $2.1 billion for
purposes unknown to Nigerians. What is the loan
for? What are the terms and who are those
working the papers? Who are the people to decide
on how the money will be spent? Is it true that the
$2.1 billion loan is meant to pay back huge
contributions for the APC Presidential campaign
expenses? If truly this government is transparent,
it should come out clear on this loan as well as
publicize details of its expenditure in the last two
months.
“We are worried that the ineptitude, avoidable
inactivity, lack of policy direction and absence of
ministers to coordinate government affairs have
left the nation’s economy sour with continued slide
in the naira which has fallen from under N200 to
the dollar in May to an all time low of N240, in
addition to the excruciating loss in the capital
market which has lost over N1.1 trillion in the last
two months.
“With the recent display of insensitivity in deciding
that ministers would be appointed in September, a
reneging on the earlier promise to unfold a cabinet
two weeks after inauguration, Nigerians should
brace up for more economic loses ahead, a
development which spells doom for the gains earlier
achieved by the PDP administration in growing our
economy to the biggest in Africa and one of the
fastest growing in the world.
“Indeed, Nigerians are no longer in doubt that they
have been scammed with long list of empty
promises. This government has failed to articulate
any policy direction in any sector. What we see is a
smart attempt at cosmetic governance, loud
propaganda and artful move to appropriate the
achievements made by the PDP-led administration;
such as the effort in ending polio, the
improvement in power supply which is a dividend
from numerous investments by the previous
administrations, the return of the railways among
others.

“The only achievements and change brought by the
APC government are 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.
The order of the day has become the crass
victimization and harassment of officials of the
immediate past administration.”
Opposes INEC boss retention
The party also picked holes in the retention of Mrs.
Amina Zakari as Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC). Claiming
that Mrs. Zakari’s tenure as a member of the
commission elapsed on July 21, 2015, it said: “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.”
It challenged the APC government to make
realities its promise of providing monthly N5, 000
stipend, allowances to the discharged but
unemployed Youth Corps members, free meals for
school children, 100 million jobs, additional four
million new homes, and bringing the naira to the
same value with the dollar among other promises
for which they were voted for.”

PDP cannot provide virile opposition with
convoluted, hollow statements – APC
Countering, the APC said the PDP as a party
cannot provide any worthwhile opposition to the
APC-led Federal Government if its spokesman
continues to issue convoluted and fustian
statements just so that he can be in the news.
”Today’s statement is the most tortuous yet by
the PDP and, honestly, sounds more like a
compendium of beer parlour gossips and side talks
than a serious criticism of a sitting government,”
the APC said in a statement issued in Lagos on
Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed.
”To be in opposition does not mean you have to
constitute yourself to a nuisance by rushing to the
press with all sorts of hot air statements. It is the
quality, rather than the frequency, of your
interventions that makes you relevant as an
opposition in a democracy,” the party said
It said that in the light of the above, the APC will
not dignify the latest in a series of confused
statements by the PDP with any response.
”We can only say that we have been justified, and
indeed prescient, in our earlier offer to organize a
crash course for Olisa Metuh so that he can more
effectively perform his role as the spokesman of
the main opposition party.
”Those who thought we were joking with that offer
can now see that indeed, Mr. Metuh is seriously in
need of some form of coaching on his new role,”
APC said.

The party said for the record, no government in
Nigeria’s recent history has been as focused and
systematic as the one headed by President
Muhammadu Buhari in restoring good governance,
especially coming after the worst stretch of
governance, lasting all of 16 years, by the immoral
and reckless PDP.
It is worth noting that even the leader of the
world’s foremost democracy, President Barack
Obama, said that much during the recent visit to
the US of President Buhari, when he described him
(President Buhari) as a man of integrity with a
clear agenda.

”President Buhari is working hard every day in the
priority areas of tackling security and corruption,
rebooting the economy to provide jobs for our
teeming youths and generally to restore good
governance. We are sorry for those who are too
blind with hatred to see this.
”We know that the PDP is terrified by the expose
of how the Federal Government it led has looted
the treasury and created an environment for
impunity to thrive, as well as the fate that will
befall those who were part of the show of shame
and disgust.
”But we assure Nigerians that this government will
not interfere with the work of the security and
anti-corruption agencies, and also that under the
Buhari Administration, only the guilty needs to be
afraid.
”In the meantime, no amount of mumbo jumbo from
the PDP will stop the Buhari Administration from
its tough but inevitable task of restoring Nigeria’s
lost glory,” APC said.

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Re: APC, PDP Fight Over Buhari’s Policies by babyfaceafrica: 9:21am On Jul 27, 2015
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Re: APC, PDP Fight Over Buhari’s Policies by BeeBeeOoh(m): 9:21am On Jul 27, 2015
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Re: APC, PDP Fight Over Buhari’s Policies by Dim007(m): 9:27am On Jul 27, 2015
Which kind epistle be this Too long

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Re: APC, PDP Fight Over Buhari’s Policies by Holywizard: 9:31am On Jul 27, 2015
Dim007:
Which kind epistle be this Too long
u go skul?
didnt u see de 5 sub-headings on top!!!
Re: APC, PDP Fight Over Buhari’s Policies by SenJoe(m): 9:33am On Jul 27, 2015
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