Buhari’s New Year Message Depressing, Full Of False Claims, Says PDP.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President
Muhammadu Buhari’s New Year address as depressing and filled with
false claims of achievements carried out during the reign of the
PDP.

The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity
Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday claims that President
Buhari completely failed to address serious economic and security
issues confronting the nation.

“Nigerians were again treated to another round of false claims
and empty promises, which has become a routine in close to three
years of APC-controlled Presidency. This was why the PDP earlier
advised the Federal Government not to bother about any New Year
message to Nigerians.

“We already knew the pattern and we advised against it this
year. We knew their New Year message would heighten Nigerians’
despondency rather than providing us hope”, PDP said in the
statement said.

READ ALSO: Full Transcript: President Buhari’s New Year
Address

The party said they were disappointed that instead of accepting
that it has failed, the Presidency attempted to appropriate and
claim credit for the achievements of the PDP thereby depressing
Nigerians.

“Instead of inspiring the people, the address ended up
depressing and annoying them the more as it held no message and did
not proffer any solutions.

“Instead of offering solutions or providing the indices for
development, the Presidency deployed over 2,000 words passing the
buck, begging the question, making empty claims and attempting to
appropriate achievements of the PDP administration.”

PDP said further that the New Year Message was not solution
proffering as the President, who is also the Minister of Petroleum
Resources, did not give a clear-cut solution to the fuel crisis
confronting the nation and that neither did he address how to raise
the fallen value of the naira nor how to rescue the labour market
from the acute unemployment.

The address according to the PDP also failed to respond to
issues of corruption under the APC regime.

“Rather, what we heard was a boring litany of buck passing, lame
declarations and barefaced attempt to appropriate and claim credit
for achievements and landmark projects initiated, articulated and
implemented by the PDP administration, including, the railway,
electricity and agricultural projects,” PDP said.

The party therefore challenged the Presidency to tell Nigerians
which landmark project it has initiated, articulated and executed
in its close to three years of governance.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President
Muhammadu Buhari’s New Year address as depressing and filled with
false claims of achievements carried out during the reign of the
PDP.

The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity
Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday claims that President
Buhari completely failed to address serious economic and security
issues confronting the nation.

“Nigerians were again treated to another round of false claims
and empty promises, which has become a routine in close to three
years of APC-controlled Presidency. This was why the PDP earlier
advised the Federal Government not to bother about any New Year
message to Nigerians.

“We already knew the pattern and we advised against it this
year. We knew their New Year message would heighten Nigerians’
despondency rather than providing us hope”, PDP said in the
statement said.

READ ALSO: Full Transcript: President Buhari’s New Year
Address

The party said they were disappointed that instead of accepting
that it has failed, the Presidency attempted to appropriate and
claim credit for the achievements of the PDP thereby depressing
Nigerians.

“Instead of inspiring the people, the address ended up
depressing and annoying them the more as it held no message and did
not proffer any solutions.

“Instead of offering solutions or providing the indices for
development, the Presidency deployed over 2,000 words passing the
buck, begging the question, making empty claims and attempting to
appropriate achievements of the PDP administration.”

PDP said further that the New Year Message was not solution
proffering as the President, who is also the Minister of Petroleum
Resources, did not give a clear-cut solution to the fuel crisis
confronting the nation and that neither did he address how to raise
the fallen value of the naira nor how to rescue the labour market
from the acute unemployment.

The address according to the PDP also failed to respond to
issues of corruption under the APC regime.

“Rather, what we heard was a boring litany of buck passing, lame
declarations and barefaced attempt to appropriate and claim credit
for achievements and landmark projects initiated, articulated and
implemented by the PDP administration, including, the railway,
electricity and agricultural projects,” PDP said.

The party therefore challenged the Presidency to tell Nigerians
which landmark project it has initiated, articulated and executed
in its close to three years of governance.