Almost
three years into President Muhammadu Buhari's administration, a former
governor of old Kaduna State, has taken a critical look at the state of
the nation under APC.
Mallam Balarabe Musa
While speaking on the state of the nation at the 54th meeting of
the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Redemption Party
(PRP), Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, on Monday, said the APC ruling
rode to power on the back of false and empty promises.
According to Daily Sun, while taking a critical look at the state
of the nation, almost three years into President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration, the former governor of old Kaduna State, disclosed that
the ruling party, which is riddled with internal crisis, has nothing to
offer Nigerians than hardship for the nearly past three years if came
into power.
The National Chairman of PRP noted that none of the promises made
by the party before coming to power in 2015 had been fulfilled, rather,
he said, hardship has overwhelmed the masses of this country.
Speaking further, the elder statesman said since 2015 when the APC
came to power, economy has remained comatose, unemployment has assumed
critical proportion, insecurity among other issues have become life
threatening and worrisome.
Musa who believed that his party would remedy the situation if it
comes to power, added that the APC has worsened political environment of
the country.
In his words, “As you are all aware, our nation today remains
in a very sorry state despite all the lofty promises and flowery
speeches made by the ruling government of the All Progressive Congress
(APC) at the inception of the Administration in 2015.
“The economy remains comatose, and in some sectors, particularly in industry and commerce, it is even getting worse.
“Monetary and fiacal management has continued to lack coherence and consistency, or even predictability and strategic planning.
“Unemployment, particularly amongst the youth, who constitute
the bulk of our population, has assumed critical proportions and is now,
for all practical purposes, a national emergency.
“Yet, this APC Administration, which rode to power on the back
of false promises to this generation of hapless young men and women,
seems to have no answers to this ticking time bomb beyond slogans such
as N-Power.
“In fact, instead of creating jobs, the Administration is busy
cutting existing ones in the name of ‘rightsizing’ or ‘downsizing’.
“This government, both at the centre and in the States that it
controls, has proved that it has little or nothing else to provide
Nigerians other than further mass improverishment, frustration and
hardships.
“If we turn to the security front, the same sad picture
confronts us. Perhaps, President Muhammadu Buhari’s greatest appeal for
many in 2015 was the belief that he was capable of dealing a death blow
to the insurgency, particularly as manifested by Boko Haram.
“In these almost three years that the APC has been in power, the reality has been otherwise.
“Yes, the Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa forest may have been
wiped out, but the security menace that the group poses continues to
manifest, with suicide bombs exploding almost on a weekly basis,
particularly in the North Eastern parts of the country. But apart from
the Boko Haram insurgency, others have emerged in different parts of the
country.
“Recently, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) unleashed
mayhem in the South East. Similarly, the militants in the Niger Delta
are yet to sheath their swords.
“And even more ominous is the threat to public safety and the
security of lives and property posed by the marauding gangs of cattle
rustlers, killer herdsmen and armed kidnappers. We ask, where is the
security promised Nigerians by this APC administration?
“In so far as the political environment is concerned, again the
story is a sad one. Lacking any internal cohesion within itself, the
APC administration has only spawned and promoted institutional political
decay in the country.
“In the name of an anti-corruption campaign, the government has
been consistently assaulting due process ang the rule of law. Court
orders are flagrantly disobeyed by the very institutions that should
enforce them.
“Basic democratic rights are being cynically abused. While
talking glibly about fighting corruption, the government shamelessly
looks askance where corruption is exposed within its own very ranks,
closets and cocoons”.
Balarabe Musa also said the state of the nation is sad because
things do not have to be so sad given the natural and human endowments
of the country.
He, however, appealed to the masses to endure the challenges,
saying that PRP will be their last hope if voted into power to build a
strong political, social and economic platform for the country.
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