Who Destroyed Nigeria Pdp Or Apc? - Segun Adebiyi
By: Osigwe Omo Ikirodah
November 05, 2015
I am usually taken aback whenever officers of the
present APC administration release statements and
interviews to sermonise Nigerians on how PDP administration has destroyed Nigeria for 16years and
how they are working on fixing the mess created by
PDP.
It is non-contestable that between May 29, 1999 and
May 29, 2015, "PDP"(in quote) occupied the seat of
power in Abuja and control majority states in the federation. However, we have to get our fact right
with respect to "who destroyed Nigeria between 99
and 2015". I believe we should do a holistic analysis
on this subject.
Nigeria had three presidents between May 29, 1999
and May 29, 2015 i.e Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Late Mallam Umaru Musa Yar'adua and Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan. Of the three, Obasanjo spent eight years in
office(1999-2007), Yar'adua three years (May 2007-
May 2010) and Dr. Jonathan five years (May 2010-May
2015). Obasanjo with highest number of time spent
(Eight years) denounced PDP to become APC and Buhari's navigator to office.
Similarly, of the three vice presidents between the
period, Atiku Abubakar spent the most numbe of
years in office (Eight, 1999-2007). He not only moved
to AC/APC while in office in 2006, he also aspired to
rule Nigeria on APC platform in 2014 and is a member of APC's Board of Trustees.
Between 1999 and 2015 Nigeria had six Speakers of
Federal House of Representative. There are Salisu
Buhari (June -July 1999), Ghali Na'aba (July 1999-June
2003), Aminu Bello Masari (June 2003-June 2007),
Madam Patricia Etteh (June 2007-November 2007), Dimeji Bankole (Nov 2007-June 2011) and Waziri
Tambawal(June 2011-June 2015). Of all Six former
Speakers, FOUR are members of APC (Na'aba, Mansari,
Etteh and Tambawal) with a combined period of
TWELVE YEARS in office out of the sixteen years.
Masari and Tambawal are APC Governors of Katsina and Sokoto states respectively.
Nasir Elrufai was DG Bureau for Public Enterprise and
Secretary of National Council on Privatisation between
1999 and 2003. He later became minister of FCT
between 2003 and 2007. As DG BPE and Secretary of
NCP, he supervised the privatisation of NEPA, NITEL etc..ALL were emershed in controversy.
By virtue of his office, Atiku Abubakar was the
Chairman of NCP between 1999 and 2007. Both men
supervised the privatisation of public companies for
the period. They are APC members.
Danjuma Goje, was the minister of state for power between 1999 and 2003. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso
was minister of Defence between 2003 and 2007.
Both are members of APC BoT and Senators. Samuel
Orthom served as minister of state, trade and
investment between 2011 and 2015. Nasir Elrufai was
minister of FCT between 2003 and 2007. They are now Governors of Benue and Kaduna states respectively.
Should we wash all these away?
Between 1999 and 2015, Gombe has had three
Governors, Abubakar Hashidu (4years), Danjuma Goje
(8years) and Ibrahim Dankwambo(4year s). Both
Hashidu and Goje are members of APC. That is a combined 12years.
In Kwara state, all governors since 1999 are APC
members save late Alhaji Muhammed Lawal who
ruled under APP.
In Anambra state, ex-Govs Mbadiniju (4years),
Nwabuweze Chris Ngige (3years), and Peter Obi (8years) were Governors. Mbadinuju and Ngige are
APC members. That is a combined 7years between
1999-2014. PDP Obi held sway for 8 years.
Similarly, in Benue state George Akume was held
sway from 1999-2007(and Senator 2007 till date) is
APC chieftain. All Governors of Osun state between 1999 till date are
APC members. Also in Ekiti state, of the 16 years,
PDP's Fayose only had four. Otunba Niyi Adebayo
(4years), Segun Oni (3 years) and Kayode Fayemi
(4years) are BoT members of APC.
In Abia state, Uzo Kalu that held sway between 1999 to 2007 is a Chief of APC. In Zamfara state, APC Govs
held sway for TWELVE out of the 16years. In Rivers
State, APC Chieftain Rotimi Amaechi was not only
Governor for eight years(of the 16years), he also
served as Speaker for the other part of 8years.
Plateau state Governor Simon Lalong was a Speaker during the Joshua Dariye administration. The list is
endless.
We can see that between 1999 and May 2015
individuals occupied various political offices, the
actions (and inactions) of these office-holders
contributed to the decline of the Nigeria and her economy. Majority of these people were at one time
or the other indicted for corrupt practices and fraud
while in office. Most of these people are members of
APC and some appointed into offices.
ALL of them combined are responsible for the sorry
state of things in Nigeria. We can't forget so soon that it was Saraki and Amaechi (as NGF Chairpersons) that
moved for the Sharing and depletion of the Excess
Crude Account, which Goodluck Ebele Jonathan bowed
to between 2007 and 2012.
In fact, they also pushed for the sharing of One Billion
Dollars in Sovereign Wealth Fund but was resisted by Jonathan. Today, Saraki is not just APC Senator but
also the Senate President, while Amaechi is a
minister-designate.
Can we forget so soon that Audu Ogbeh, a minister-
designate and APC Senator Barnabas Germade were
PDP National Chairmen between these period. The claim by APC defies logic in every sense.
Finally, the continuous claim by the Muhammadu
Buhari administration that "PDP destroyed Nigeria" for
sixteen years only shows that the present
administration is yet to understand the problem of
Nigeria. Worse still, it is an indictment on all those that held one offices or the other since 1999 especially at
federal level.
With Buhari having some of these people in his
government and other positions of leadership, shows
the insincerity of the government and ruling APC. I will
advice that Buhari save Nigerians these excuses and focus on the job he was elected to do. PDP is not the
name of any official, APC Chieftains have been part of
the system.
May God Bless Us All and Bless Nigeria.
- Segun Adebiyi.
Source: ireportonline .com

No time to read all the long write up bt trust me, I can answer ur question correctly even without reading the content of the question....
And the answer to ur question is simply all of the above mentioned

APC and PDP are the same. Same bunch of dishonourable thieves that swaps side for their own veracious and selfish needs.

Rapoo:
No time to read all the long write up bt trust me, I can answer ur question correctly even without reading the content of the question....
And the answer to ur question is simply all of the above mentioned

i dont know the reason why our youth are still supporting them..

kentus07:
i dont know the reason why our youth are still supporting them..

Don't mind them

Or you self...

nil

The name APC or PDP didn't destroy Nigeria but the individuals did. Obasanjo, Gowon, Atiku, Rochas, Amaechi, David Mark, Tambawal, Kwankwaso, Tinubu, Buhari, GEJ, Oshomhole, and others

"He was elected president to implement the change agenda. I cannot remember anybody telling us that finger-pointing would be part of it."

stickncarrot:
The name APC or PDP didn't destroy Nigeria but the individuals did. Obasanjo, Gowon, Atiku, Rochas, Amaechi, David Mark, Tambawal, Kwankwaso, Tinubu, Buhari, GEJ, Oshomhole, and others

correct, but people are now looking at nigeria politics from party angle.they are not looking at the individuals anymore.

kentus07:
correct, but people are now looking at nigeria politics from party angle.they are not looking at the individuals anymore.

Yup, that's the much our politicians has exploited us.

PDP=APC = Nigeria Politician.

Nigeria Politician destroy Nigeria.