The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the achievements of the Buhari administration in 2021 as “a litany of lies�.
Recall that on Thursday, December 30, the Minister of Information and
Culture, Lai Mohammed, held a press conference where he reeled out the
achievements of the Buhari-led administration.
Reacting to Lai’s comments, PDP in a statement described the
achievements as a “celebration of falsehood by a failed
administration�. The PDP alleged the APC-led administration has
mismanaged Nigeria’s economy and failed in its primary duty of
protecting the lives and property of citizens.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dismisses the All Progressives
Congress (APC)-led government’s performance claims as reeled out by the
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed today as a
litany of lies and another celebration of falsehood by a failed
administration,� Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said in a statement.“The Performance claim by the APC government can only be a product of
delusions of grandeur; a joke of the year, as the word on the street
where the real Nigerians are, is completely at variance with the
fabricated lies and imaginary performance indices contained in the
report.“Is it not unpardonable that instead of facing its failures to secure
our nation, the APC-led government which is still harbouring a
self-confessed terrorism apologist, is celebrating the mass killings
currently going on in our country by engaging in self-praise in the face
of failure while terrorists continue to ravage our nation?“On the economy, the APC government had become so addicted to the
falsehood that it had forgotten that Nigerians are aware that the PDP
government handed over a $550 billion economy (largest in Africa and
26th globally) and a diversified economy to the APC in 2015. Today, our
nation has become the poverty capital of the world due to the
mismanagement, corruption and recklessness of the APC government.“In 2015, Nigeria’s external debt was $7.3 billion. Today under the
clueless APC government, in just over six years, the external debt has
reached over $38 billion and counting, with no corresponding investment
in the economy or infrastructure.“Today, the poverty rate in Nigeria is 71 percent as against 32
percent when the APC government took over in 2015. Between January and
September 2021, over $1.8 billion dollar was expended on debt services,
yet the APC government can shamelessly claim to have performed in 2021.It is self-evident that only the APC gangsters can claim to have
performed in the face of life discounting experiences of the ordinary
Nigerians. Thankfully Nigerians now know them for who they are.Furthermore, it is ludicrous that the APC government claimed to be
fighting corruption when it has become the haven of compromised and
corrupt politicians. Evidently, that is why it has no answer to reports
of how APC leaders and their cronies stole over N25 trillion from
various government agencies. It also explains why the APC government has
failed to prosecute its officials and APC leaders openly indicted for
corruption.�
The opposition party said the infrastructural projects listed by the
APC-led government “exists only on paper as achievements and even
attempted to appropriate projects by PDP administrations. The PDP
challenged the APC government to name one landmark project it
conceptualized, commenced and completed in the last six years�.
