COVID-19: ‘When Will Buhari Address Nigerians? – PDP Asks

BY GRACE ANYANWU, ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern at President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in standing up to the responsibilities of his office to address heightening national anxieties since the detection of the deadly COVID-19 in our country.

The party described as absolute leadership failure that President Buhari has not considered it imperative to show concern by directly addressing a panic-stricken nation even in the face of escalated national trepidations and conflicting reports.

The PDP therefore charged President Buhari to wake up and treat the COVID-19, deservedly, as a looming national disaster, which requires a prompt and full Presidential involvement at the top level.

The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, noted that at a critical time like this, President Buhari ought to be at the forefront in shouldering responsibility.

Ologbondiyan said; “A Presidential address would have reassured the people, reinforced government direction and multi-sectoral intervention for concerted effort to contain the scourge. 

“The PDP holds that the quickest expectation of the average Nigerians is that the Federal Government should immediately step its emergency response system to calm the pervading fear among Nigerians.”