Jonathan desperate,taking political advantage of calamities‎,APC says

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of taking political advantage of calamities that have befallen Nigeria under his watch.   In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,It said that his offer of 5 million Naira to each family that lost […]

 

 

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of taking political advantage of calamities that have befallen Nigeria under his watch.

 

In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity

Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,It said that his offer of 5 million Naira to each family that lost a relative in the Immigration recruitment exercise after one year is not only belated but aimed at currying votes.

 

The party wondered why it took the President all of one year to act on the promise he made to the families, adding that but for the forthcoming elections, the President would have simply ignored the families, in his usual style.

 

”The truth is that this President was forced to act because of the

elections. Otherwise, why has it taken one year for the President to

redeem his promise to the bereaved families? Why has his

Administration not sanctioned those who sent innocent job seekers to

their early graves after extorting them? Why is the Interior Minister,

Mr Abba Moro, who presided over the deaths, still in office, virtually

dancing on the graves of those innocent youths?

 

”Sunday, March 15th, will mark one year since those vibrant youths

were lured to their deaths by a callous federal government that failed

them in all ramifications, including the security of their lives and

the assurance of their welfare, the raison d’etre of any government.

It is therefore utterly reprehensible, immoral and wicked for the same

administration to seek to make political gains out of the needless

tragedy,” it said.

 

APC said President Jonathan, in his desperation for re-election, has

also sought to take political advantage of other tragedies, including

the Buni Yadi massacre of school children and the abduction of Chibok

girls

 

”After refusing to even visit the families of those school children

in Buni Yadi and Chibok, the President suddenly woke up and started

sending delegations to meet with them, all this because he needs

votes. As a parent himself, how will the President feel if he had been

so treated? Why must the President put his re-election over and above

everything else, including the welfare and security of Nigerians? Is

there no limit to desperation,” the party queried.

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It said Nigerians are aware of the fact that President‎ Jonathan suddenly woken up from his deep slumber and become artificially hyperactive, making repeated visits to regions that he had neglected in the past six years and doling out hard currencies even at a time the Naira was taking a beating, all for election purposes.

 

”No one is fooled by the antics of a desperate President, and in the

fullness of time, Nigerians will show President Jonathan and his

cohorts that they are not impressed by his pretend governance,” APC

said