PDP: Tinubu’s media chat confirms APC’s insensitivity to people’s sufferings

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that Monday’s Presidential media chat by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has confirmed the insensitivity of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to the current widespread hardship and suffering being faced by Nigerians resulting from the ill-implemented and anti-people policies of the ruling party.

The PDP specifically said that the declaration by President Tinubu that he had no regrets for the sudden removal of fuel subsidy without any cushioning measures to mitigate the resultant crippling effects on the productive sector, high cost of living and associated hardship which was now driving citizens to extreme poverty and early death, also confirmed APC’s disconnection from the primary purpose of government which was the welfare and security of the citizens.

A statement by Hon Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, stressed that it was instructive that President Tinubu in the chat admitted that Nigerians are bearing the brunt of the failure and inability of the APC administration under his watch to effectively police and secure our nation’s boarders as to prevent the smuggling of petroleum products to neighboring countries.

Ologunagba said that the PDP was disturbed that while the APC had failed to account for the proceeds saved from the removal of subsidy, Nigerians were subjected to crushing economic hardship because the APC administration had failed in its fundamental duty of ensuring the territorial integrity of our nation.

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He further said; “Moreover, Nigerians are appalled that instead of admitting failure and seeking for solutions, Mr. President again claimed that the nation’s economy had improved on his watch when in reality the situation had worsened with comatose productive sector, deteriorating value of the Naira at N1,700 to the US Dollar, 34.6% inflation and 40% unemployment rates in the last 18 months.

“The widespread food stampede in various parts of the country which recently led to the death of about 80 Nigerians shows that our nation is indeed in perilous time under the APC,” he said.

The statement further said that the PDP held that there was no hope in sight under the APC given its failure to embark on meaningful investments in critical sectors including agriculture and food production, electricity, petroleum and gas, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, which are the real drivers of the national economy.

The opposition party stressed that also alarming was President Tinubu’s claim that Nigerians could now freely and safely travel by road despite the horrible reality of banditry, kidnapping and armed robbery as well as the worsened condition of highways across the country under the APC.

The PDP therefore urged President Tinubu to travel from Abuja to Lagos by road, visit any of the markets or take a walk on the street of any city in Nigeria to properly gauge and appreciate the real situation in the country rather than relying on fabricated statistics being bandied by officials of his government.