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PDP Criticises Buhari’s Broadcast, Says Nigerians Deserve Better

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) believes Nigerians deserve a better speech from President Muhammadu Buhari who recently returned to the country from his medical leave. … Continue reading PDP Criticises Buhari’s Broadcast, Says Nigerians Deserve Better


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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) believes Nigerians deserve a better speech from President Muhammadu Buhari who recently returned to the country from his medical leave.

President Buhari addressed the people on Monday, less than 48 hours after he arrived in Abuja from the United Kingdom where he spent over 100 days.

Hours after the President’s broadcast, the PDP said a lot happened in the country that should have attracted more emphasis rather than a mention in President Buhari’s speech.

“The PDP once again welcomes the President back home and continues to pray for his total recovery as well as God’s guidance,” the party said in a statement signed by one Chinwe Nnorom on behalf of its national publicity secretary.

“But we believe Nigerians deserve a richer statement from a President that was away from them for more than a hundred days during which a lot happened that should have elicited more than a mention in that speech.”

Perennial Agitations

On agitations and secessions in some parts of the country, the PDP said the President failed to reconnect with the people by addressing the issues that directly affect them.

They noted that Nigerians expected to know what the government was doing to tackle what they described as “perennial agitations and counter agitations”.

The PDP said, “The President and his handlers missed a golden opportunity to reconnect with the people through addressing issues that have direct bearing to their well-being and those of their children and dependents.

“Indeed, the President’s speech did not contain anything new; just a rehash of statements that already had been made by both government and various leaders of thought across the country. The PDP had cause to commend the then Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, for going around the country to engage with relevant stakeholders, which certainly was a better approach.

“Nigerians would have loved to hear their President come out definitively to tell them what realistic measures his government intended to take to uproot the causes of the perennial agitations and counter agitations that are now becoming a recurring decimal in our national discourse.”

The party also pointed out that President Buhari returned to Nigeria at a time when academic activities in public universities across the country were put on hold.

“President Buhari returned to the country in a week that saw the closure of all our public universities as a result of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); yet, not even a whimper from our President.

“Has the future of the future leaders of our country sunk so low in the estimation of our current leaders that the issue was considered not important enough to command a mention in the President’s address?” the PDP questioned.