AGENE GODWIN, Benin
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has expressed concern over the poor governance posture adopted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in handling key issues affecting the nation since assumption of office.
The party also challenged President Mohammadu Buhari to resign his office for publicly admitting that the nation is broke, stressing that his stand was ‘a clear manifestation of his inability to steer the ship of the country.’
The opposition party described as “annoying” the President’s lamentations that the country was broke during his recent statement last week.
Public Secretary of the PDP in Edo state, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, who stated this Thursday, during a press conference to review the seven years of the Governor Adams Oshiomhole government in Edo state, held in Benin City, the state capital, said it was evident that the Presidency and the APC-led administration cannot fix the country and therefore ‘they should resign’.
He challenged the President to show the citizens the account balances of all transactions by previous PDP-led government under former President Goodluck Jonathan and those of the APC led government under him since assumption of office.
“We want President Buhari to show Nigerians the account balances and how much money he met in the coffers of the federal government since he came in. He has not shown me the account balances as at today. If he says the government is broke and he cannot manage it, he should resign and hand over power to someone who has responsibility and can manage the economy better.”
“The lamentations of Mr. President and his APC government are becoming annoying and I don’t think we should tolerate any more lamentations. They fought tooth and nail to take over government and now they have government, let them deal with it.”
