The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to issue any New Year message to Nigerians since it has “not fulfilled any of the promises contained in previous messages”.
In a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, its national publicity secretary, PDP said “it would be the height of callousness for the party and its government to spew another round of propaganda and false hope in the name of new year messages”.
The opposition party said since 2016, the APC-led federal government has been reeling out heaps of promises which they have no intention of fulfilling.
“What else would they tell Nigerians apart from inventing new lies and propaganda as they had always done, particularly at the turn of each New Year?” the statement read.
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“What is the need of a New Year message from APC Government when it would be replete with propaganda? What is the need of their yearly assurances when the only thing we see is an arrogant and incompetent government plunging the nation into economic recession and visiting the citizens with the worst forms of untold hardship.
“What seriousness should any Nigerian attach to a government that takes governance for granted, puts off its Federal Executive Meeting at the slightest whims and blame imaginary invasion of its offices by rats for the inability to meet required statutory functions?
“What else should Nigerians expect from a government that promised massive employments only to render 7.74 million Nigerians jobless between 2016 and September 2017; with combined unemployment and underemployment rate hitting 40.0% as declared by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
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“This is the same APC that promised to deliver naira exchange at N1 to 1USD but ended up wrecking the currency from N160-N170 to a scandalous N350-N400; the same party and its government promised to reduce the price of fuel only for it to rise from where the PDP left it at N86.50 to N300-N400 per litre.
“Also this year, marauders, criminal herders, Badoo cultists and insurgents were on the prowl with several innocent Nigerians as victims.
“Nigerians suffered strange diseases; businesses were shut; hardship and poverty swelled mortality and divorce rates while the APC continues to thrive on propaganda and lies.”
The PDP said Nigerians are awaiting APC’s farewell address in 2019, as it has performed below expectation.
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“Nigerians are very patient people but are tired of APC’s incompetence, lies and endless propaganda,” the statement read.
“We therefore urge the APC to stop taking Nigerians for granted as the nation eagerly await their farewell address come 2019.”
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