The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described the call by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on the National Assembly to impeach the President as a bluff not to be regarded by well-meaning members of the legislative chambers.
In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, said its National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Turkur is “deeply worried by the incessant destructive hue of an opposition, who though bereft of a credible alternative model, still struts the stage in a jaundiced illusion of a model driver of the perfect”.
The party also noted the importance of opposition in a democracy but called on the opposition to criticize constructively “The strength of any viable democracy lies in the mettle of a credible opposition. The PDP welcomes this. However, where the opposition is irresponsibly engrossed in making a mountain out of a mole hill and ceaselessly creating an imaginary tiger in the neighbourhood, it leaves no one in doubt that it is committed to a hidden agenda that neither benefits the nation nor ennobles the people.”
The PDP went further to raise questions and took a spite at the entire opposition for failing to wrest power from the PDP during the 2011 general elections “Let’s therefore ask the ACN; ‘quo agendum? ’ – whither your agenda?” Is it to destabilise the Federal Government and hasten the quest for a divided patria? Is it to gain what the opposition in their collective whole failed to achieve in April 2011 presidential election? Or still, is it a vengeance for the inability of the opposition to win successive five governorship elections, the nullification of some of which was achieved via judgements with questionable trends”?
The PDP demanded from the ACN a proof to Nigerians that the rehabilitation of a Community church by a construction company, an act which ordinarily falls under community relations has personally benefited the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
According to the PDP, it is very unfortunate that the ACN is ruffling the sensibilities of Nigerians at a material time that religion has been wrongly appropriated by unpatriotic elements to wreak chaos in parts of the nation.
The Party further warned the ACN not to distract the National Assembly. “We are not surprised the ACN is losing sleep over the maturity and stability that the National Assembly led by our great Party has gained in the last few years, much less its smooth working relationship with the executive.
We therefore call on the National Assembly to disregard the ACN and remain focused in the joint effort to achieve the transformation of Nigeria.
