ACCUSES APC OF UNREALISTIC PROMISES
February 25, 2015 – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today accused the All Progressive Congress(APC) of making unrealistic campaign promise and spreading lies to mislead Nigerians.
At a press conference in Abuja, Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh said the PDP had driven its campaign based on verifiable facts and truth unlike the APC.
“For instance, the APC in one of its phantom promises said that it would pay a stipend of N5, 000 each to 25 million poor Nigerians monthly. This gives a total of N125 billion each month and N1.5 trillion every year.
“What is baffling is that the APC knows full well that this is not only unrealistic but also impracticable in a nation with an estimated budget of N4.69 trillion comprising recurrent and capital expenditures yet they continue to dish it out to unsuspecting citizens in a clear bid to mislead.
“Also, the deceitful tendency of the APC came to light in its promise to create 740, 000 direct jobs in each of the 36 states of the federation and the FCT within one year while on the other hand promising to create 1 million jobs for Igbo youths also within the same period. We ask, which do we believe?”, the PDP queried.
The party added that APC has also promised to provide free education, daily free meals for millions of Nigerian school children, free tertiary education, free health care and free houses to Nigerians.
“The opposition knows too well that this is unrealistic yet they prefer to brandish falsehood.The APC should explain to Nigerians how they would fulfill their promises with the prevailing 40% drop in national income and dwindling oil price in the international market.
“These promises are therefore either bogus or part of their plot to subject the citizens to a harsh tax regime ostensibly to finance Bourdilon Drive and other personal interests, the real reason they desperately seek power”, the party said.
The PDP challenge the APC to come forward and admit before Nigerians that these promises are false and merely deceitful adding that implementation of these policies will send personal income and company taxes to very high level.
“If on the other hand APC decides to deny the planned imposition of a harsh tax regime, then they must accept they are guilty of fake campaign promises and deceitful manifesto.
“Indeed, the APC has constituted itself into a huge embarrassment to our dear nation. It has remained a camp of dishonest lot whose statements cannot be trusted having continually displayed its lack of integrity and proclivity for falsehood. A party of one week, one lie”, it said adding that Nigerians are still shocked at the discovery of the latest international fraud where the APC rehashed an old interview by its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari as a fresh one, all in a bid to cover up a mismanaged international trip.
