The Peoples Democratic Social gathering (PDP) has congratulated Nigerians on the dawning of the 12 months 2025 and charged President Bola Tinubu to not taint the brand new 12 months with an handle that won’t proffer quick and concrete steps to cut back the worth of gas, handle widespread starvation and supply clear-cut measures to ensure safety of lives and property within the nation.
Nationwide publicity secretary of PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, in an announcement stated his get together’s place relies on the truth that earlier addresses by Mr. President within the final 18 months dwelt solely on hopeless rhetoric, unsubstantiated statistics, false guarantees, conjured efficiency claims and validation of flawed elections with out concrete mechanisms to deal with insecurity, resuscitate the economic system, create jobs, guarantee credible elections and assure higher dwelling normal for Nigerians.
The PDP maintained that Tinubu should converse to the problems of unbridled corruption, deceit, finances padding, reckless and wasteful spending directed to fund luxurious urge for food of APC leaders, insensitivity to the pains of residents and whole disregard to the duty of presidency which has made life insufferable for Nigerians beneath his watch.
The get together additionally challenged President Tinubu to make use of the handle to offer account of the billions of Naira formally reported to have accrued from the removing of subsidy on petroleum merchandise.
“Moreover, Mr. President ought to come clear on his public dedication to battle corruption by ordering an investigation and restoration of the over N25 trillion reportedly stolen by APC leaders and officers in authorities who’ve turned authorities companies to Automated Teller Machines (ATM) to siphon funds for his or her profit whereas different Nigerians wallow in abject poverty, starvation and hunger.
“Equally worrisome is the failure of the APC authorities to revisit and handle the reported instances of alleged State-backed killings in numerous elements of the nation, significantly the 2020 EndSars killings and inhuman denial of the bloodbath of promising Nigerian youths in that unhappy and repulsive incident.
“The final 18 months have been probably the most excruciating interval to Nigerians because the Civil Conflict with residents now resorting to suicide and slavery mission aboard because of the hopeless scenario foisted by the anti-people insurance policies of the suppressive, exploitative and insensitive APC authorities which continues to reject each attraction and suggestion for evaluate of such insurance policies.
“Extra disheartening is that whereas Nigerians die of starvation and insecurity, APC leaders and officers in authorities proceed to flaunt their luxurious urge for food and life-style in utter disdain to the sentiments of thousands and thousands of impoverished residents.”
The PDP cautioned the APC to not carry over such perspective into 2025 as such would additional exasperate the persistence and sensibility of Nigerians.
“Our Social gathering nonetheless urges Nigerians to not lose hope within the nation however stay law-abiding and strategy 2025 with optimism of a brand new daybreak of their willpower to defend our nation’s Constitutional Democracy, adherence to the Rule of Legislation, demand for transparency and accountability in authorities; in agency resistance to suppression and pervasive violations by the APC
“This, the PDP believes is the positive step within the quest by our Social gathering and Nigerians to return our nation to the trail of stability and financial prosperity which has eluded her because the calamitous coming of the APC in 2015,” the get together stated.
