Buhari, APC Failed Nigerians, Says Secondus

Secondus yesterday said Buhari and the APC have failed Nigerians with
the deregulation policy that has made petrol to be costlier.

He said the PDP under his leadership identified with Nigerians who
have been exposed to hardships, poverty, hunger and death on account
of the government’s failure to fulfill its campaign promises to
protect lives and livelihoods.

The PDP national chairman was addressing party supporters in Abuja.

The PDP members were in Abuja to protest the hike in the pump price of
petrol and electricity tariffs as well as the rising cost of living.

Secondus said: “When they were looking for power in 2015, they
promised to provide jobs for our youths, they promised to reduce the
pump price of petroleum products and protect lives and property. What
do we have today? When they took over, a bag of rice was N18,000
today, it is N35,000. Is this progress?”

He advised the administration to admit its failures and make policies
that will encourage a private sector-driven economy as a way out of
the current national quagmire.

He said the recent increase in the pump price of petrol was
unjustified, noting that the same regime promised to fix refineries
but has reneged.

Secondus also said it was laughable that the government and its
enablers gathered together at the Villa on Tuesday to “clap for
themselves” over unverifiable claims of achievements.

But the APC in a statement signed by the Deputy National Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, said the PDP and Atiku were being
hypocritical in their assessment of issues relating to the increase.

Nabena said: “The PDP and Atiku’s reactions to what has been adjudged
inevitability by many experts clearly depict the height of hypocrisy
demonstrated by them on many issues relating to the progress and
wellbeing of Nigeria.

“The PDP’s outburst indeed exposes once again its real fraudulent
character and plot to patronise Nigerians and make them suffer in
perpetuity by keeping a fraudulent subsidy arrangement that feeds a
few individuals at the expense of the masses.”