Peoples Democratic Party while
reacting to a claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that PDP squandered the sum
of $500bn oil proceeds within 16 years has challenged President Buhari to name
a corrupt politician in the PDP and in turn, they will give him a list of
corrupt politicians in the All Progressives Congress. The party made this known
in a statement by PDP national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, describing
the president's claim as baseless, unfounded, and unsubstantiated.
According to PDP, the entire
country is aware that the Presidency is on a feverish mode over their
bound-to-fail 2019 re-election bid for which they have resorted to making
spurious claims against the PDP even when it is clear to Nigerians that the PDP
has since re-branded while preponderance of those who mismanaged the nation’s
resources have now found a safe haven in the Buhari-led All Progressives
Congress (APC).
Ideal Olive gathered from a local source that the party has challenged President Buhari to name one corrupt person in the re-positioned and
re-branded PDP and it will hand him a list of an army of corrupt persons who are
hiding in his APC including those who funded his 2015 presidential campaigns
with stolen money in addition to his many cronies who are now frittering away
billions of Naira under his watch.
While pardoning President
Buhari over his unverified claims, saying that he did not source his figures,
PDP asked if the president and his handlers are not aware of the humongous
corruption going on under the Buhari presidency. What have they to say to the
recent Transparency International (TI) report which shows that corruption has
worsened under the Buhari administration? What have they to say about the
official memo detailing shady oil deals to the tune of N9 trillion ($25
billion) at the NNPC which is directly under the coverage of the President as
minister of Petroleum resources?
"The presidency is yet to address its
complicity in the heavy sleazes in the National Health Insurance Scheme where
billions of Naira have allegedly been siphoned by their agents, in spite of the
Treasury Single Account (TSA); the alleged diversion of N1.1 trillion worth of
crude oil and the frittering of billions of naira meant for rehabilitation of
Internally Displaced Persons in the northeast, all to service APC interests?”Has
Mr President forgotten that when he assumed office in 2015, the value of our
Naira was N185 to 1USD? Nigerians are aware that the Naira went as low as N510
to 1USD and in case Mr. President is not aware, Nigerians are also ridiculing
his much touted strengthening of the Naira.
On the other hand, ideal olive gathered from a local source that the All Progressives Congress has described corruption as the
oxygen on which the opposition Peoples Democratic Party survives.
The blame game politics and the
politics of hate and destructive criticisms have left many Nigerians confused
about the way out for Nigeria, which in no doubt is caught up in an oppressive
struggle; the helpless victim in the tale of two poisonous cities, PDP and APC.
It is left for Nigerians to decide their fate come 2019 through their voter’s
card.
Written
by Olive Chinyere Amajuoyi
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