Buhari needs prayers to deliver, says PDP
National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh
After
an evaluation of the first 30 days of President Muhammadu Buhari and
All Progressives Congress’ administration, the Peoples Democratic Party
says it has become obvious that Nigerians need to join hands in prayers
to save the government from further inaction and dithering.
President Buhari assumed office on May 29, 2015.
The PDP
said the call for prayers has become necessary given the fact that the
Buhari administration is finding it difficult to locate its bearing and
even take off and face the challenges of governance at the center.
It described the last 30 days when Buhari took over as “30 days of all motion and no movement.”
The former ruling party said this scenario does not augur well for the polity.
PDP
National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, in a statement in Abuja
on Sunday, said the enormity of the confusion surrounding the government
and party in the last one month makes it imperative for Nigerians to
pray as the success or failure of the Buhari administration will not
only affect the President and his party but also the entire nation.
His
statement said, “We urge Nigerians to join hands in prayers and offer
useful suggestions to President Buhari and the APC because with what we
have seen in the last 30 days, the present administration is finding it
very difficult to get its bearings right while showing no inclination
towards implementing its numerous campaign promises for which they were
voted into office at the center.
“We are
deeply worried that the President who promised to unveil his cabinet two
weeks after his inauguration, has not been able to decide on key
appointments such as ministers, Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, a Chief of Staff and advisers in key sectors of the economy.
“This is
more so as the delay has brought government business in ministries,
departments and agencies to a dangerous standstill with coordination of
important policies vested on ministers and the SGF now in tatters while
the system drifts.
“This
situation also creates loopholes through which overzealous persons
around the President can connive with unscrupulous elements in the
bureaucracy to siphon public resources in addition to possibly
misleading the President to violate due process by spending beyond and
outside his statutory limits.”
Metuh added that the economy was already suffering due to the action and inaction of the President.
Already,
he said that the stock market has lost over N238 billion while the
All-Share Index fell by 849.87 basis points as of June 19.
According
to him, “The situation is taking its toll on the economy sector, which
has in the 30 days witnessed unprecedented decline with a terrifying
crippling of foreign and domestic investments including activities in
the money and capital market sectors.
“Under
President Buhari, the stock market has lost over N238 billion while the
All-Share Index fell by 849.87 basis points as of June 19.
“In
security, apart from the directive to relocate the counter terrorism
command center to Borno State and seeking assistance from foreigners, no
other concrete step has been taken in the fight against insurgency
which the President, in his April 22, 2015 CNN interview, promised to
end within his two months in office.
“Instead,
the anti-terrorism effort has completely lost steam in the last 30 days,
with insurgents, who had already been pushed to the verge of surrender
in the Sambisa forest by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, now
surging back and spreading into the country.”
In this
regard, he urged the President to confront insurgency and issues of
national security with all the vigour they deserve while calling for
restrain from actions capable of destroying the fabrics of security
intelligence.
He also
called for adequate respect for all organs of internal security such as
the Directorate of State Security, which, he said, is answerable to the
Nigerian state and as such should not be publicly ridiculed by an aide
of the President.
Metuh said
his party was worried about happenings at National Assembly and urged
the APC not to undermine that arm of government.
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