Richard Peters, the Special Assistant on Media to Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has stated that policies of the All Progressives Congress-led government have pushed Nigeria 10 years backward.
He urged the electorate to be decisive in choosing their leaders, adding that the APC-led administration has failed the nation and should not be trusted in the state or the country.
Peters stated this in a statement made available to journalists in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Thursday.
He recalled that when APC came in 2015 with its ‘Change’ mantra, Nigerians never asked what change the party was bringing to the table.
He said, “Nigerians were promised to expect a bumper harvest, where one naira will equal one dollar, fuel sold as cheap as N40.00 per liter, Boko Haram crushed in three weeks, corruption fought to a standstill, all the four refineries revamped in four years, and many more. In the last count, none of the promises have been met. Instead, it is becoming worse by the day.
“Fuel sold at N89 per liter when Muhammadu Buhari took over is now sold at N198 per liter. From 2015 to date, policies of the APC government have taken Nigeria 10 years backward. From the removal of fuel subsidy that Buhari never believed in until he took over power to the ordination of corruption at an unprecedented dimension, as well as the never-imagined insecurity and wanton killings.
“The APC-led FG could not address the agitation of Nigerian lecturers. Instead of meeting their demands for Nigerian students to return to school, they focus on the next election by sacrificing the liberation of the next generation on the altar of irresponsibility. As it is, there is no hope from anywhere that things will change for the better, except power is taken back from them.”
The governor’s aide, who decried the inflation rate and level of hardship in the country, wondered why the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would be building a refinery in the Niger Republic while none of the refineries in Nigeria is functional.
“Exchange rate of the dollar has reached an all-time record of N725 and N730, while corruption has been given an exalted position and even normalized in the country.
“None of the refineries is functional, while Buhari’s government is busy building a refinery at Niger republic, an attempt to please a stranger at the expense of one’s family. Insecurity is not to be mentioned at all, as nowhere is safe in the country,” he lamented.
He said as the campaigns kick-started, people should do the needful by voting for PDP, which was founded on the platform of social justice, national integration, and the core principles of democracy.
“Those who yearn for the greatness of Nigeria should root for the Official Peoples Democratic Party, Nigeria, and their candidates at all levels. The PDP is founded on the platform of social justice, national integration, and the core principles of democracy.
“The economic blueprint of the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is excellent enough to take Nigeria out of the economic doldrums the APC government threw us into, and position us back to the former position as number one economy in Africa during Jonathan’s tenure. This is another chance to correct the mistake Nigerians made in 2015. The PDP is the redeeming umbrella that all Nigerians should pitch their tent in.”
