By Myke Uzendu, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a cused President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of insensitivity and non-chalance as citizens grapple with unabated fuel scarcity, multiple collapse of national grid, intractable insecuriy and free fall of the naira that have crippled the manufacturing sector and grounded commercial activities.
PDP lamented that thousands of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises; the drivers of the economy are folding up daily, industries relocating to neighboring countries, universities on strike, the aviation’s sector on the brink of collapse, the Railway tottering to a halt due to lack of diesel, police threatening to go on strike, insecurity on the rise due to the collapse of the informal economic sector, yet Mr. President is unperturbed and holidaying in England.
The main opposition party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba on alleged that the continued criminal pillaging of the nation’s resources by the APC is akin to kneeling on the necks of Nigerians and pushing Nigerians to go to the street for another public protest akin to that of Endsars.
“Is it not an unpardonable dereliction of duty that while the nation is in turmoil and agonizing under a collapsed national grid, protracted fuel crisis, distressed aviation sector, plummeting currency, crippled production and commercial activities, President Muhammadu Buhari remains aloof and “absent” as always?
“The failure by President Buhari, who also doubles as the Minister of Petroleum Resources to take immediate action, other than the snobbish stance by his Presidency that “heavens will not fall” because of fuel scarcity amounts to daring Nigerians to do their worse” PDP stated.
The party said that “when a government abdicates its responsibility to the citizens at whose pleasure it should serve, then that government is complicit in the suffering of its people and a beneficiary of their woes”.
PDP argued that if President Buhari could personally communicate on issues that concern his party, the APC, while in England, it is then inconceivable that he neglected to attend to life discounting experiences and pains encountered by Nigerians daily by the thoughtless and inhumane policies of the government.
The party called President Buhari to at least show some empathy and concern as the country drifts towards a looming precipice saying that the frustration in the country is already degenerating into a nationwide restiveness that may result to the breakdown of Law and Order if allowed to fester.
“With petrol now selling between N400 to N500 per liter, diesel at over N800 per liter, kerosine at over N750 and aviation fuel at N670 per liter, millions of businesses, employments and sources of livelihood have collapsed in both urban and rural areas resulting in acute hardship and widespread social tension across the country.
“Our Party fears that the situation is getting to a boiling point and can trigger a nationwide agitation that might be worse than the October 2020 EndSARS if not addressed immediately”.
PDP said that President Buhari must take responsibility for the racketeering in his government by APC leaders which has led to the crippling of the economy under his watch.
