July 26, 2015 – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the four day working visit to the United States by President Muhammadu Buhari earned Nigeria nothing but accusation and counter accusations.
The PDP equally accused the President of committing a faux pas by embarking on the trip without any Nigerian businessman besides governors whereas other African leaders went to meeting with US President with businessmen just as President Barack Obama attended the meeting with a retinue of experts .
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) led government of moving Nigeria in no particular direction.
“Last Thursday, our dear President, President Muhammadu Buhari returned from his much-publicised visit to the United States of America. A visit which has proven to be anything but successful, yet another miscarried cosmetic intervention to hide government’s inefficiency and inability to face the real business of governance..
“It is disheartening that rather than secure any sort of tangible gain for the fight against terrorism, which has lost steam under the APC watch, with insurgents, who were pushed to the verge of surrender by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, now surging back and spreading into the country, we get nothing but exchanges and disagreements between the Presidency and their American hosts. This is not only embarrassing but also worrisome indication of crass ineptitude in the handling of international affairs on the part of the present administration”, the PDP said.
According to the PDP, the only achievements and change brought by the APC government are the curbing of the fundamental human rights of citizens; engaging in selective application of war against corruption, interfering in the activities of the National Assembly and eroding the independence of INEC.
“The order of the day has become the crass victimization and harassment of officials of the immediate past administration. The recent organized public humiliation of the immediate-past First Lady and wife of the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan at the Port Harcourt airport where she was refused access to the protocol longue based on ‘order from Abuja’ is a particular case in point. We stress this case because when the immediate past President was in power, all former Presidents and their spouses had unhindered access to the protocol longue. While we note that this development has been widely condemned by Nigerians, we ask if the former President erred in conceding defeat. Is the Federal Government by any means encouraging a sit-tight attitude by government officials?”, PDP said.
