Press Statement
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari’s
confession that anger, frustration and disenchantment among the youths
are responsible for the escalation of kidnapping, abduction and other
crimes in the country, is a direct admission of his failure in
governance.
PDP also states that this explanation confirms that President Buhari is
aware that Nigerian youths did not vote for him in the February 23
Presidential election.
This self-confession by Mr. President is equally an admission that he
has no solutions, and points to the ugly situation that would continue
to confront the nation, if the stolen Presidential mandate is not
retrieved in the courts.
Is it not appalling that at a time when other world leaders are leading
their youths to constructive and productive ventures and developing
their nations, Nigerian youths are being pushed into situations of
anger, frustration and recourse to criminality?
Under President Buhari, our national economy has continued to slide;
over 30 millions Nigerians have lost their jobs and basic means of
livelihood; businesses have continued to shut down; cost of essential
goods and services have persistently soared, while purchasing power of
citizens worsen.
It is more disheartening that instead of finding solutions, Mr.
President resorted to rhetoric and begging the question to the extent of
describing criminality as a “new occupation and a business”.
Moreover, Nigerians were shocked at President Buhari’s insensitivity to
the victims of the bloodlettings, kidnapping, banditry and other acts of
violence in the country when he trivialized and made a joke of the
insecurity in the land by stating that losing weight is a sign that the
Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, was effectively tackling
the security issues.
It is most heartbreaking that at the time President Buhari was making a
joke on the security situation, bandits were having a field day in
communities in Zamfara State where they reportedly killed over 50
Nigerians, while many more compatriots are still held hostage by
kidnappers in forests in various parts of our country.
Such attitude to governance, especially on issues that have to do with
the lives of Nigerians, is completely unacceptable and must be condemned
by all.
Signed:’
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary
