Tell Nigerians why you failed, APC challenges Jonathan The new opposition said presidential spokespersons should leave muckraking and face issues. The All Progressives Congress, APC, has challenged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the presidency to tell Nigerians why the ruling party has failed to lift the country in the 14 years that it has been in the saddle, ‘instead of peddling concocted tales about the opposition’. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party also asked the presidency to tell Nigerians why it has defied INEC rules by continuing to campaign for the 2015 elections. “Issues, issues and issues. These are what Nigerians are interested in, not continuous muck-raking about opposition leaders like Gen Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. For example, Nigerians want to know why the country can still not feed itself after 14 years of endless promises by the PDP; Nigerians want to know why they cannot be protected by their government when the security of lives and property is the rason d’etre of any government,” APC said. “Nigerians want to know why over 40 million youth cannot get a job under a government that gleefully touts a 6% GDP growth; Nigerians want to know how 400,000 barrels of oil are being stolen daily and who the thieves are’ Nigerians want to know why the country is more divided than ever under the watch of President Goodluck Jonathan, and why corruption has become a bigger monster in the years under the PDP. “The 2015 elections will be fought on the platform of issues, not meaningless attacks on personalities and attention-diverting tales like how Gen. Buhari wants to stage a comeback or how Asiwaju Tinubu wants to expand his imaginary empire,” it said. What we intend to do APC said its eight cardinal programmes, which shall be articulated in the days ahead, represent a summary of how the party intends to reposition the nation. These are War Against Corruption, Food security, Accelerated Power Supply, Integrated Transport Network, Free Education, Devolution of Power, Accelerated Economic Growth and Affordable Health Care. “Our Guiding Philosophy will derive its impetus from these seven principles: Belief in, and the fear of God; Upholding the rule of law; Preserving national unity; Pursuit of a just and egalitarian society; Building of strong institutions; Commitment to social justice and economic progress; and Promoting representative and functional participatory democracy. “These are the issues we will be enunciating in the days ahead as we steer the politics of our nation away from jejune matters that are at the core of the PDP misrule to serious issues of relevance that will benefit our people under an APC federal government,” the party said. It said a party that defies rules and lies through its teeth cannot be trusted to rule over a people who are eager for their country to join the comity of developed nations. “While one of the PDP gong-bearers, Okupe, was telling Nigerians that President Jonathan has not informed anyone that he will contest in 2015, his wife was coercing hundreds of hapless women, including those in uniform, into a show of shame tagged a ”Peace Rally”, but in essence a campaign for President Jonathan ahead of 2015. “Defying INEC, this brazen campaign featured women clad in specially- made ‘ankara’ that bore the picture of President Jonathan and reminds one of the disgraceful days of the late despot Mobutu Sese Seko of former Zaire, and the late clownish leader of Uganda, Idi Amin. What a company to keep in the 21st century!” -PREMIUM TIMES 1 hour ago Like · 42 comments · Share 33 people like this. Write a comment...
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