the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rebuked the APC-led federal government for allegedly downplaying the economic hardships Nigerians are facing.
The PDP claimed this in reaction to a press conference by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, during which he (Mr. Mohammed) claimed that the APC administration had achieved food sufficiency, particularly in rice production.
In a statement from its spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, on Monday, the PPD said that it is the height of impunity and arrogance that the minister can make such a claim even when there is an alleged famine on earth with food prices, especially rice. , towering.
“The APC management, in its arrogance in the face of failure, again attempted to downplay and lightheartedly treat the dire economic hardship, hunger and other life discount experiences Nigerians face on a daily basis due to the severe food crisis, the persistent fuel emergency, the high cost of basic products and public services, school closures, insecurity and mass murders, the collapse of the health system and the deterioration of the public infrastructure under their watch.
“It is the height of impunity and arrogance that the Minister of Information and Culture can address the media to affirm that the APC government has achieved food sufficiency, particularly in rice production, when in reality there is famine in land with the price of food, especially rice, which soared by more than 400 percent under the APC with its “pyramid of lies”, the PDP said.
The opposition party warned the APC to be mindful that their continued arrogance in failure daily confronts and reminds Nigerians of the statement made by one of its founding members, the late Prince Tony Momoh in April 2016, and the consequences will be imagine better.
Read the full statement:
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) dismisses the press conference held this Monday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, as another anthology of lies, false and fictitious claims of action by the failed and rudderless Congress of all progressives (APC) administration.
The rushed press conference is yet another desperate and clueless stunt by APC management to divert public attention from the exposed corruption record of APC’s national leadership, as well as the manifest collapse of the security, command and control structure under President Buhari.
The APC management in its arrogance in failure tried again to minimize and treat lightly the unbearable economic hardships, hunger and other life discount experiences that Nigerians face on a daily basis due to the dire food crisis, persistent fuel emergency, the high cost of essential products and services. , closure of schools, insecurity and mass murders, collapse of the health system and deterioration of the public infrastructure under their surveillance.
It is the height of impunity and arrogance that the Minister of Information and Culture can address the media to affirm that the APC government has achieved food sufficiency, particularly in rice production, when in reality there is famine in the land with the price of food, especially rice, soared by more than 400 percent under the APC with its “pyramid of lies”
A bag of rice that used to sell for 7,500 naira under the PDP now sells for more than 30,000 naira, a measure of beans that used to sell for 350 naira under the PDP now sells for more than 1,000 naira, a measure of garri that used to sell for 120 naira under the PDP now sells for N700, a bottle of palm oil that used to sell for N250 under the PDP now sells for over N1000.
Similarly, a kilo of meat that used to sell for N700 under the PDP now sells for N3,000, a liter of gasoline that used to sell for N87 under the PDP now sells for N400 or N500 while a liter of diesel that sells a N110 under the PDP now sells for over N800, yet Lai Mohammed provocatively claims that Nigerians are better off under the APC.
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Nigerians know better and the question they need to ask themselves is: Is their life better now in 2022 under the APC than it was in 2015 under the PDP?
It is ridiculous and insensitive that the APC government has gone to the media to list the lack of roads, bridges, agricultural and health projects as achievements. More pathetic is APC’s attempt to claim credit for development projects initiated and implemented by successive PDP administrations, including our rail, aviation, agricultural, health, education, telecommunications, banking, and manufacturing sectors, among others.
It is ridiculous that the APC government is also claiming credit for critical projects in various parts of the country that are being financed with resources mobilized by the PDP administrations within the framework of matching funds from partners and international organizations.
The only legitimate achievements of the APC government include its corruption record (second most corrupt in West Africa and 154 out of 180 on the Global Corruption Index), over 33 percent unemployment rate, a currency weakened by over N500 per dollar, N33 trillion foreign debt and still counting and the siphoning off of over N16 trillion by APC leaders.
The PDP warns the APC to be aware that their continued arrogance in failure is daily confronting and reminding Nigerians of the statement made by one of their founding members, the late Prince Tony Momoh in April 2016, and the consequences are better .