APC provoking Nigerians with badly planned, hurriedly executed policies, they say
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of provoking Nigerians with a second rise in the price of fuel since Bola Tinubu announced subsidy removal on May 29 without thinking through the consequences and how to mitigate them.
The PDP accused the APC of extreme insensitivity and callousness about the plight of citizens, and the LP warned it is just the beginning of harder times under the watch of Tinubu, whose presidential mandate the two parties are challenging in court.
PDP National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba insisted the implementation of subsidy removal has worsened an already dire economic situation.
“The party cautions that the increase is worsening the already suffocating economic situation under the APC and has the capability of triggering a very serious crisis in the country if not abated,” Ologunagba said in a statement.
“It is appalling that instead of seeking ways to stabilize and grow the economy, the APC administration has abandoned the welfare of Nigerians which is the primary purpose of Government under Section 14 (2)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and left the citizens to the vagaries of market forces and an exploitative cabal; a disposition that is characteristic of a government that is not accountable to the people.”
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APC policies badly planned, hurriedly executed
“The PDP is alarmed that with its ill-thought out, badly planned and hurriedly-executed policies, the APC is running Nigeria’s economy aground with the value of naira rapidly plummeting, businesses and production shutting down; citizens losing their means of livelihood, commercial and social activities crippled, with millions of families no longer able to afford their daily needs as the costs of food, medication and other essential goods and services continue to skyrocket,” Ologunagba added, according to reporting by Vanguard.
“The present dire situation comes as a consequence of APC’s insensitivity, seething corruption, scandalous cluelessness and lack of capacity to effectively steady and manage the nation’s economy.
“Indeed, this is not the nation that Nigerians yearned for after the abysmal, harrowing and inhuman eight years of the Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration as the situation has currently gone from a frightening bad to a terrifying worse with no hope in sight.
“The PDP dismisses APC’s insensitive and lame argument of market forces and comparison of the price of fuel in Nigeria with those of other countries which have functional infrastructure, variety of affordable alternative transportation system and sources of energy; strong currency and where citizens earn far higher than what obtains in Nigeria.
“Our party insists that the N617 per litre of fuel is excessive, unacceptable and cannot be justified under any guise. This is especially given the economic potential and prospects within our country.’’
LP says Nigerians in for harder times
LP National Publicity Secretary Obiora Ifoh warned Nigerians the latest pump price regime of between N617 and N700 per litre is just the beginning of greater hardship under the Tinubu administration.
“The Labour Party had earlier warned that the bourgeoisie government in place can only enrich the upper class and inflict penury on the proletariat,” he said in a statement.
“You offer a paltry N8,000 to a family of five and extract all they have laboured for through obnoxious policies.
“Nigerians do not deserve what they are getting from the present government. The Labour Party condemns the attitude of the government to its people. This is even coming at a time the Nigerian currency has continued to devalue under the watch of this government.
“We are however optimistic that Nigeria will overcome the taskmaster of our time. We will soon witness the Promised Land.”
APC reiterates PDP, LP also promised subsidy removal
A Director in the APC, who did not want his name published because he has no clearance to speak with the media, said: “I do not think this is an issue we have to respond to. PDP promised to remove fuel subsidy as well during the campaigns.”
A Presidency official explained that “we can’t be reacting to everything the PDP and LP say. Let them say whatever they want to say, we have already maintained our position.
“If they want to be reacting to everything, that is their problem. When we have things to say, we will say them.”
