By Ishaya Ibrahim
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to show leadership any time he travels abroad and stop de-marketing Nigeria with his utterances.
In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbodiyan, the party said Buhari’s latest outing in London where he met Prime Minister Theresa May, ended up blocking Nigeria’s chances of accessing international help in critical sectors.
“Nigerians are miffed that instead of presenting the true state of affairs in our country under his watch, particularly, the comatose economy and worsened insecurity, President Buhari, obviously in a bid to give an impression of performance, chose to understate the challenges, thereby jeopardizing the chances of securing much needed international support for the country.
“We are shocked that rather than engaging his international hosts on ways to pull our economy from the biting recession, President Buhari opted for self-praise, brandishing unsubstantiated record of achievements, thus stalling possible beneficial bilateral discussions and engagements in that area,” Ologbodiyan said.
He said it was a a disservice to the country that President Buhari was sounding brass in London instead of seeking solution for the woes the poor policies of his administration have plunged the country into.
“In the last three years, under his watch, there have been little or no direct foreign investments; critical infrastructure have collapsed, with multinational companies relocating to other countries. Nigeria is no longer among the first ten investment destinations in Africa, leading to mass closure of businesses, massive job losses and biting poverty in the country.
“Furthermore, is it not preposterous that President Buhari told the British Prime Minister that his administration is achieving food security when in truth, we are facing a major food crisis in Nigeria, with prices of staple food, particularly rice, now beyond the reach of the citizens?
“We are sure that the British Prime Minister will be pleasantly amazed over President Buhari’s success claims on security as the international community is aware that security concerns have worsened under his watch, with daily bloodletting and marauding of communities turning our nation into a large killing field,” the statement reads.
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