By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Polling, Research and Data desk)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to desist from making baseless criticisms, saying the PDP now needs a total deliverance for attacking President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day speech.
The APC in a statement issued in Abuja by Mr Yekini Nabena, its Deputy National Publicity Secretary accused the PDP of engaging in needless alarm as the PDP is already a “dying party.” Mr Nabena declared that it has become obvious to all that the main opposition PDP and its elements have ran short of constrictive ideas to oppose government’s policies and it needs the sympathies of well-meaning Nigerians. This, Nabena said, was especially so because the vision and the ideal dream on how to build a great nation seemed to have eluded the PDP.
The APC deputy Publicity Scribe said Buhari, in his Independence anniversary message, offered hope and aspirations to millions of Nigerians, stressing that Nigerians trust their President whose integrity had been proven to be most intact.
Nabena who described the misinterpretation of Buhari’s Independence Day speech by the PDP as an act of ” irresponsibility that required prayer warriors to make it whole” said it is a very sad that PDP could fall so low.
He said: “The reassurance given by the president’s speech, especially to lift about 100 million Nigerians out of poverty, should ordinarily fascinate all patriots.” According to him, it is the bad politics the PDP and its elements that blind their “eyes to such re-proclamation and others”. He added that the PDP and their cohorts would understandably prefer continuity of the locust era, noting that the reassurance in Buhari’s speech was a spoiler to the “evil plans” of the opposition.
According to the APC, President Buhari’s Independence speech shows commitment to work and contribute more to Nigeria’s growth, adding that the country is already experiencing revolution in Agriculture, medium and small scale industries, among others.
He added: “For so many years, the dying PDP could not summon courage to do this simply because of corruption. President Buhari and the APC administration are enjoying the goodwill of Nigerians in majority and our people know that the challenge associated with the removal of fuel subsidy is temporal.
“Therefore, the manipulation tactics and the hatred being spread by the PDP and its leaders will definitely fall on the infertile soil. For us, we can only urge the prayer warriors around to always remember the dying PDP in prayers while Nigeria continues to move on the path of greatness.”
