Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have for the second time in a week come under scrutiny for giving excuses that President Muhammadu Buhari never promised Nigerians that he would achieve specific things within his first 100 days in office.

The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Lai Mohammed, said during an interview on Channels TV on Monday that Buhari never promised to do anything within his first 100 days in office.

Mohammed said, “Buhari never promised to do anything in 100 days, that’s the honest truth. You see, when you are running a campaign, all kinds of literature will emerge from all sorts of groups but there are only two documents that you can judge a party with: That is the constitution of the party and the manifesto of the party. “Those are the only two documents that are registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission; you can go to court or hold a party accountable for them.”

Similarly, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, distanced Buhari from the many promises that were made during the electioneering.

Shehu, who was the Director of Media of the APC Presidential Campaign Organization, denied the authenticity of a document titled, “My Covenant with Nigerians”, which was purportedly signed by Buhari and posted on the APC’s website in March. He also denied the authenticity of another list of promises titled, “One hundred things Buhari will do in 100 days.”

Reacting to his utterances, Nigerians Online took to Twitter Facebook and other Social Media apps to protest. A hashtag, titled #100dayspromise, which is still trending on Twitter was directed at the APC and the Presidency for being insincere with Nigerians during the electioneering. Yet, some other ones, #wasted100days and #Buhariswasted100days, trend on Facebook.

Kayode Ogundamisi, a social commentator and even a Buhari's supporter, said on his Twitter handle that it was hypocritical of the APC, having allowed the said documents detailing Buhari’s promises to be flying around on the Internet throughout the electioneering, only to rubbish the documents when it was time for reckoning. He stated, “The APC and President Buhari are telling us that they never saw the ‘100-day promise’ document; failing the integrity test so soon? “Prof Yemi Osinbajo mentioned free meals as contained in the 100-day document during his US tour; is he also a loose organ?”

Another Twitter user, Okezie Moses, said, “If the 100-day promises are now ‘unrealistic’, it means votes were obtained by false pretences.”

Abdulrahman Muazu also wrote on Twitter, “The APC made a lot of unrealistic promises and all of us heard them directly or indirectly, so denying it now won’t work.”

Similarly, Obiogumu F. tweeted, “Buhari, APC and Lai Mohammed’s denials confirm lack of policy direction and a propaganda-based government.”

Nwachukwu Oluchukwu posted on his Twitter handle, “When will the APC and the Presidency stop lying? This is becoming childish.”

In the same vein, Akhehicols said, “Rather than deny the 100-day promises, Garba Shehu and Femi Adesina should focus on highlighting the achievements so far.”

A commentator on an online news website, The Cable, wondered why the APC did not deny the authenticity of the documents before the elections.

The commentator, Yasin, said, “You did not disown those so called publications then because they suited your agenda. Now all we get from you is persistent use of the Peoples Democratic Party as an excuse to cover your gross incompetence. We are not fooled.

“The PDP left a mess; an ex-minister stole $6bn, etc. When will you stop distracting the masses and sit down to govern? Has PDP/Goodluck Jonathan prevented you from naming any ministers?

“Your first 100 days will pass without any significant achievement to show, not even the quick wins recommended by (Ahmed) Joda committee. Your present press release and others to come are aimed at dampening expectations. How can you achieve anything significant without ministers, without policies? This is not the change we voted for”.

On Nairaland, a Website, a commentator, Kakameks, wrote, “We are in for it. The way this government is going is really mind blowing. Campaigns are over now, the reality of the work ahead is gradually setting in and the goal post is continually being shifted.”

Amazondepth also wrote, “It is really troubling to see the APC failing the integrity test so soon. In fairness to PMB, he has a monumental load of work on his hands but the promises hoodwinked the gullible masses and coming to deny that is shameful to say the least.”

Meanwhile, a document titled ‘Manifesto’ still as published on the Website of APC before elections, has not been taken down yet as we speak. The article contains the all of Buhari/APC’s campaign promises to Nigerians.

However, a document titled ‘My Covenant with Nigerians’ which is now in circulation, is said to contain Buhari's denial of his campaign promises.

Shehu, in the document, stated he had no knowledge of the two campaign documents, which reportedly emanated from the party’s “many centers of public communication which, for whatever reason, were on the loose.” “Both pamphlets bore the authorized party logo but as the Director of Media and Communications in that campaign, I did not fund or authorize any of those. I can equally bet my last kobo that candidate Buhari did not see or authorize those publications.

“As a consequence of these publications, expectations have been raised unreasonably, that as President, Muhammadu Buhari will wave his hand and all the problems that the country faces – insecurity, corruption, unemployment, and poor infrastructure – would go away.

It will be recalled that the Senior Special Adviser to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, had also warned Nigerians not to confuse Buhari’s promises with those of his party, the APC.

Adesina, while speaking with Ogundamisi, two weeks ago, said Buhari could not be stampeded into declaring his assets publicly when it was the APC and not him that made the promise.

He said, “You need to get his words right. Go and check all that the President said during the campaign. In no place would you see it attributed to him as a person.

“But then there is a document by his party, the APC, saying he would declare publicly. So, we need to set that right; it was a declaration by his party. The law requires public officers to declare their assets and he has done that.”

Fellow Nigerians, please let's set the records straight, the political party, here being APC, is more or less like the President’s principal and so it would not be out of place for Nigerians to hold the President accountable for the promises made by his political party, especially the promises made on the campaign train. All the promises that the President made are anchored on a very clear agenda. He made promises on security, corruption, economy and infrastructure; those are clear promises based on his agenda and they are the template on which he would be assessed.

Buhari contested on the platform of the APC and on the strength of that, he is obliged to implement the manifesto of the APC and the promises made to Nigerians. The promises he made as a presidential candidate are anchored on the manifesto of the party.”

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E just dey start

This isn't as complicated as it is potrayed. people should let the right channel handle the matter, since it was said by the national publicity secretary that a party can only be judged by it's constitution and it's manifesto. so the appropraite body who has the jurisdiction should handle the matter.
Simple...

So almost everyone is disappointed with buhari...nawah o