PDP Lashes Out at Buhari, Says His Interview Confirms Incompetence in Governance

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari's resort to blame game and false performance claims, in his media interview, has further confirmed that the last four years of his administration smacks of failure and incompetence.

The party also indicted President Buhari for not using his orchestrated interview to give account for the trillions stolen under his watch in the last four years.

The PDP noted in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, that “it was an internationally accepted position that all critical sectors in our country performed abysmally in the last four years because of the incompetence of President Buhari's administration, adding that it was unfortunate that instead of accepting responsibility for the failures of his administration, Mr. President is looking for scapegoats where there are none”.

The PDP also observed that “President Buhari's diatribe against the National Assembly and its elected leadership further confirms his disdain for constitutional democracy, rule of law and the Principle of Separation of powers as entrenched in our constitution”.

The party described the President's personal attacks on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as “totally uncalled for”. The PDP also advised President Buhari to end his showboating on the war against corruption. “He must admit that he failed because his administration, which swims in ocean of corruption, cannot fight corruption. This is an administration which thrives in concealment; under which over N14 trillion belonging to Nigerians have been frittered by officials, who have not been investigated or prosecuted”, the statement read.

The party however urged Nigerians not to despair but “continue in their determination and prayers to retrieve the stolen Presidential mandate at the tribunal so that our nation can have a purposeful government that will be truly alive to its responsibility to the people”.