•••Party Urges President to Focus on Addressing Hunger and Insecurity.
In a statement released on New Year’s Eve, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urged President Bola Tinubu not to taint the new year with empty promises. The party called on Tinubu to address issues of hunger, insecurity, and corruption plaguing the country.
The PDP challenged President Tinubu to provide concrete steps to reduce the price of fuel, alleviate hunger, and ensure the security of lives and property in the country. The party also called for accountability in the billions of Naira reportedly accrued from the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.
The PDP criticized the APC government for its failure to address corruption, budget padding, and insensitivity to the plight of citizens. The party also raised concerns about state-backed killings and the EndSARS massacre, calling for justice and accountability.
The party also challenges President Tinubu to use the address to give account of the billions of Naira officially reported to have accrued from the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.
The opposition party said, “Furthermore, Mr. President should come clean on his public commitment to fight corruption by ordering an investigation and recovery of the over N25 trillion reportedly stolen by APC leaders and officials in government who have turned government agencies to Automated Teller Machines (ATM) to siphon funds for their benefit while other Nigerians wallow in abject poverty, hunger and starvation.
“Equally worrisome is the failure of the APC government to revisit and address the reported cases of alleged State-backed killings in various parts of the country, particularly the 2020 EndSars killings and inhuman denial of the massacre of promising Nigerian youths in that sad and repulsive incident.
“The last 18 months have been the most excruciating period to Nigerians since the Civil War with citizens now resorting to suicide and slavery mission aboard due to the hopeless situation foisted by the anti-people policies of the suppressive, exploitative and insensitive APC government which continues to reject every appeal and suggestion for review of such policies.
“More disheartening is that while Nigerians die of hunger and insecurity, APC leaders and officials in government continue to flaunt their luxury appetite and lifestyle in utter disdain to the feelings of millions of impoverished citizens.”
The PDP cautioned the APC “not to carry over such attitude into 2025 as such would further exasperate the patience and sensibility of Nigerians”.
It said, “Our Party however urges Nigerians not to lose hope in the nation but remain law-abiding and approach 2025 with optimism of a new dawn in their determination to defend our nation’s Constitutional Democracy, adherence to the Rule of Law, demand for transparency and accountability in government; in firm resistance to suppression and pervasive violations by the APC.”
“This, the PDP believes is the sure step in the quest by our Party and Nigerians to return our country to the path of stability and economic prosperity which has eluded her since the calamitous coming of the APC in 2015,” the PDP while wishing Nigerians a happy 2025.
The PDP urged Nigerians to approach 2025 with optimism and determination to defend the nation’s democracy and demand transparency and accountability in government. The party wished Nigerians a happy 2025, emphasizing the importance of returning the country to stability and prosperity.
