2019: Tinubu can’t deliver bad product, PDP tells Presidency

The Peoples Democratic Party has crticised the Presidency for
allegedly abandoning its responsibility of governance but now
concerned itself with the running of a political party.

It said that the Presidency was more concerned on how to return
an obviously unpopular presidential candidate in 2019.

It said that the appointment of a former governor of Lagos
State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as the leader of the All Progressives
Congress Reconciliation Committee by the Presidency was wrong.

It added that Tinubu, who is also the national leader of the
ruling party, could not deliver an unpopular presidential candidate
in 2019.

The party said the Presidency had become so panicky that it had
effectively hijacked the functions of the leadership of its alleged
“dysfunctional and ideologically-vacuous All Progressives
Congress,” by appointing people into partisan offices, outside the
much-desired responsibility of governance.

The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a
statement in Abuja on Thursday, said, “It is ludicrous that after
almost three years of failure to deliver on its campaign promises,
the Buhari Presidency is now moving around, cap in hand, looking
for those to use once again to beguile Nigerians ahead of the 2019
elections.”

Ologbondiyan said that the Buhari Presidency had failed to be
remorseful for its alleged misrule, noting that the disagreements
in his (Buhari’s) party were fallouts of members’ resentment
towards his desperation for power.

He said, “There is widespread disenchantment and indignation
across the nation resulting from hunger and the inability of the
Buhari Presidency to provide the people with basic necessities of
life, which they had always enjoyed in the past.

“Nigerians are therefore waiting to see how Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,
who has also openly expressed his concerns and disapprovals on the
mismanagement of the economy and whose large constituents are
direct victims of the ineptitude, impunity, nepotism, dictatorial
tendencies, corruption and insecurity that have characterised the
Buhari Presidency, will now turn around to preach that all is well
and attempt to sell a practically bad product to the nation.

“It is instructive to further state that the desperate move by
the Presidency to politically prey on individuals is mere
foolhardiness and a totally decadent approach to pit key leaders
against the people on an issue that has already been thrown
overboard.

“This is more so as the political institutions and front runners
that threw up the Buhari Presidency in 2015 have now, not only
regretted their actions, but have also strongly advised that
President Buhari should not contemplate contesting a second term in
office.

“Nigerians today suffer from pains inflicted on them by this
administration and no amount of manipulation of individuals and
public institutions can make them change their resolve to vote out
the APC in 2019, particularly as the party is stuck with an
unpopular candidate.”

Ologbondiyan added that the PDP found the APC’s attempt to
reconcile its dwindling ranks as laughable, cosmetic and
politically inconsequential.

“It will interest the APC to know that Nigerians are already
rallying with the repositioned and rebranded PDP as we are poised
to present a credible, competent and reliable candidate through a
free, fair and transparent presidential primary,” he added.

Responding, the APC asked the PDP to steer clear of its internal
affairs.

The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Bolaji
Abdullahi, said, “Why are they worried about the internal affairs
of our party? If the spokesman for the PDP has nothing to say he
should shut up, what’s their business with our reconciliation?

“Why are they concerned that we may not be able to achieve
reconciliation? They should leave us alone. They should mind their
business; we are ready to take them on issues of governance and
policy that should be the focus of opposition not our internal
affairs.”

The Peoples Democratic Party has crticised the Presidency for
allegedly abandoning its responsibility of governance but now
concerned itself with the running of a political party.

It said that the Presidency was more concerned on how to return
an obviously unpopular presidential candidate in 2019.

It said that the appointment of a former governor of Lagos
State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as the leader of the All Progressives
Congress Reconciliation Committee by the Presidency was wrong.

It added that Tinubu, who is also the national leader of the
ruling party, could not deliver an unpopular presidential candidate
in 2019.

The party said the Presidency had become so panicky that it had
effectively hijacked the functions of the leadership of its alleged
“dysfunctional and ideologically-vacuous All Progressives
Congress,” by appointing people into partisan offices, outside the
much-desired responsibility of governance.

The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a
statement in Abuja on Thursday, said, “It is ludicrous that after
almost three years of failure to deliver on its campaign promises,
the Buhari Presidency is now moving around, cap in hand, looking
for those to use once again to beguile Nigerians ahead of the 2019
elections.”

Ologbondiyan said that the Buhari Presidency had failed to be
remorseful for its alleged misrule, noting that the disagreements
in his (Buhari’s) party were fallouts of members’ resentment
towards his desperation for power.

He said, “There is widespread disenchantment and indignation
across the nation resulting from hunger and the inability of the
Buhari Presidency to provide the people with basic necessities of
life, which they had always enjoyed in the past.

“Nigerians are therefore waiting to see how Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,
who has also openly expressed his concerns and disapprovals on the
mismanagement of the economy and whose large constituents are
direct victims of the ineptitude, impunity, nepotism, dictatorial
tendencies, corruption and insecurity that have characterised the
Buhari Presidency, will now turn around to preach that all is well
and attempt to sell a practically bad product to the nation.

“It is instructive to further state that the desperate move by
the Presidency to politically prey on individuals is mere
foolhardiness and a totally decadent approach to pit key leaders
against the people on an issue that has already been thrown
overboard.

“This is more so as the political institutions and front runners
that threw up the Buhari Presidency in 2015 have now, not only
regretted their actions, but have also strongly advised that
President Buhari should not contemplate contesting a second term in
office.

“Nigerians today suffer from pains inflicted on them by this
administration and no amount of manipulation of individuals and
public institutions can make them change their resolve to vote out
the APC in 2019, particularly as the party is stuck with an
unpopular candidate.”

Ologbondiyan added that the PDP found the APC’s attempt to
reconcile its dwindling ranks as laughable, cosmetic and
politically inconsequential.

“It will interest the APC to know that Nigerians are already
rallying with the repositioned and rebranded PDP as we are poised
to present a credible, competent and reliable candidate through a
free, fair and transparent presidential primary,” he added.

Responding, the APC asked the PDP to steer clear of its internal
affairs.

The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Bolaji
Abdullahi, said, “Why are they worried about the internal affairs
of our party? If the spokesman for the PDP has nothing to say he
should shut up, what’s their business with our reconciliation?

“Why are they concerned that we may not be able to achieve
reconciliation? They should leave us alone. They should mind their
business; we are ready to take them on issues of governance and
policy that should be the focus of opposition not our internal
affairs.”