ABAKALIKI—A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Ebonyi State,
Mr. Abia Onyike, yesterday, stressed that the constant blame being
heaped on former President Goodluck Jonathan over the state of economy
by the Federal Government was a reflection of its unpreparedness to
provide quality services to Nigerians. President Muhammadu Buhari
Briefing newsmen in Abakaliki on the state of nation, Onyike stated
that the Buhari-led administration was yet to make any new or original
impact on the economy of the nation, apart from buck-passing and
uncoordinated anti-corruption crusade.
According to him, the Federal Government has compounded its
credibility problem by disobeying court orders, which equally portrayed
it as “anarchic and syndicalist.”
He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately set up a
non-partisan economic recovery team made up of astute economic and
financial wizards with the mandate to rescue the country from imminent
economic retrogression.
“All hands must be on deck. The APC government should start providing
qualitative governance and take steps to reduce political tension. The
uncoordinated anti-corruption crusade is becoming controversial and
Nigerians are getting fed up with the politics of buck-passing.
“The energy and time wasted in blaming past administrations and
witch-hunting political opponents would have been used to focus on
governance. This government does not appear prepared to provide in-depth
services to the people.
“The exchange rate of the naira is now N305 to one dollar. This is
the worst ever in Nigerian history. Mass poverty is enveloping the
nation. Something has to be done to checkmate the rapid economic
depression.
“President Buhari can set up a bi-partisan economic recovery team
made up of astute economic and financial wizards to rescue Nigeria from
economic retrogression.”
On the issue of Biafran agitation, the PDP chieftain faulted former
President Olusegun obasanjo’s description of Biafra as ‘dead’ adding
that the resurgence of the Biafran idea was a response to the politics
of Islamic state militants who are threatening to islamize the country.
“Though the former President was right in blaming the Biafran
agitation on frustration and marginalisation, he got it wrong by
claiming that the Biafran idea was dead.
“Recall that 12 Northern states adopted sharia law in Obasanjo’s
first tenure as President (1999-2003). Recall also that the first major
event of the 21st century was the bombing of the twin towers in New
York. Islamic terrorism has grown in the world. In Africa, the story is
no different.
“In Nigeria, the local franchise of global islamization is the Boko
Haram. Obasanjo should first of all fight to see that the Islamization
policy is dead before wishing Biafra dead because the resurgence of
Biafra may be the result of the fear of Islamization and political
persecution since the Igbos are the largest Christian block in the
Nigerian federation.”
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