Nigeria’s major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, to tackle issues and shun his habitual resort to excuses and shifting of blames.
According to the PDP, the APC-led Federal Government must avoid excuses and take responsibility for the obvious failures and inherent confusion in governance.
A statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the PDP condemned Oyegun for always striving to absolve the APC of blames over the embarrassing list of federal parastatatals’ board members comprising names of deceased persons, noting that such lame duck excuses only confirms PDP’s position that APC-led administration is ‘completely disorganized and ill-equipped to govern’.
Signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the statement described Chief Oyegun as a leader with no answer for the incompetence and misrule of his party, adding that Oyegun’s reaction not only lays bare the inherent confusion in the APC Government, but also underscores why all sectors of the nation’s economy are in shambles under the APC administration.
The statement further said; “Is it not ridiculous, cowardly and a clear show of disorganization in the government for the APC National Chairman to try to exonerate his party from the failures and incompetence of a government which the party formed?
“Chief Oyegun’s comments amount to a vote of no confidence on the Presidency, but there is no way he can exonerate the APC, which he leads, from the failures of its own government.
“The APC Chairman must therefore shed his penchant for excuses and address burning issues of misrule of the APC Government.”
Challenging Oyegun and APC to tackle the issue of collapsing economy with its attendant eight million job losses and countless business closures that has caused hardship on families across the country, the PDP said; “Nigerians are still waiting for the APC National Chairman to address the issue of the biting fuel crisis also caused by the inept APC government.
“What has Chief Oyegun to say about the now exposed corruption in the APC-led Federal Government, including sharp practices in hidden oil subsidy payouts, illegal lifting of crude worth trillions of naira to service APC interests and the unabated depletion of Nigerians foreign financial instruments by his party’s government?”
Attributing the current challenges to bad policies and incompetence of the APC administration, the statement further noted that; “Nigerians are still waiting for the APC National Chairman to address the issue of aloofness and insensitivity of the APC Federal Government to the incessant killings of Nigerians in many parts of country by marauders, in addition to exposed diversion of funds meant for the insurgency related matters by APC interests.”
For Kola Ologbondiyan, “The nation is also waiting for the APC national chairman to come up with explanations on the failure of his government to fulfill its campaign promises and why the fight against corruption has been lopsided with APC members who were publicly indicted of corruption now openly enjoying government cover.
“Instead of facing these issues agitating the minds of Nigerians, the APC National Chairman is busy passing the buck while also attempting, just like the Presidency, to claim credit for projects initiated and executed by the PDP.”
The PDP therefore urged the APC to spare Nigerians their excuses, their lies and fake promises as the citizens will never allow themselves to be deceived again as was the case in 2015.
