Nigerians are fed up with Buhari’s administration

The Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP) has declared that generality of Nige­rians are fed up with the administration of Gener­al Muhammadu Buhari.

The main opposition party in a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh claimed that “prevailing widespread dis­enchantment being expressed by Nigerians over the inept handling of governance and insincerity so far exhibited by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Govern­ment has become a huge source of worry for the health of the nation.”

It further claimed that “the attitude of the APC admin­istration to governance in the last five months and the feelings of a cross section of Nigerians underscore the fact that the PDP, notwithstanding the setback of the last general elections, remains the only true pan-Nigeria vehicle that guarantees the unity, stability and prosperity of the nation as well as the welfare of indi­vidual Nigerians, irrespective of class, creed and tribe.”

Metuh who painted an un­savoury state of the country’s economy under the Buhari ad­ministration further described it as “ the most unprepared government in the history of our country since indepen­dence, be it military or civil­ian.”

“The apparent lack of ca­pacity and ingenuity by this APC government to run the affairs of our dear nation has become evident in the myri­ads of political and economic glitches that have bedeviled the polity since it took office on May 29.

“Nigerians, going by their comments, are deeply dis­turbed that instead of focusing on issues that directly touch on their lives, especially given its long list of campaign promis­es, the APC administration has remained high on propaganda, violating the constitution for partisan capital, hounding perceived political enemies; while at the same time con­tinuing in their trick of hood­winking the populace, using their so-called body language theory in the attempt to ap­propriate achievements of the previous PDP administration.

“In the last five months under the watch of the APC, the polity has become sham­bolic, with official reports showing sudden decline in the economy with spiral rate of inflation, stagnation in domes­tic and foreign direct invest­ments, halt in infrastructure development projects in most parts of the country, with in­vestors scared away due to the prevailing uncertainty arising from government’s inability to articulate a precise economic policy direction.

“Even more pathetic is the fact that this government has been unable to pursue any in­vestment in any of the critical sectors, eliciting public fears of serious economic crisis in the coming years. This is in addition to the heart-breaking fact that the APC administration, in its appar­ent insincerity, has been at­tempting to disown its list of campaign promises upon which it rode to power.

“Instead, what we witness is an appalling cosmetic gov­ernance, where endless drama and theatrics of the APC gov­ernment have reduced gov­ernance to an unproductive reality show, which lack even the basic production quality of regular Telemundo shows.

“We now have a situation where routine and mundane duties and appointments by government have become subjects of major national dis­cussions, while the main busi­ness of governance suffers, with persons claiming close­ness to the seat of power per­petuating financial sleazes in the system under the so-called “New Sherriff”.