Shehu GarbaThe Presidency has described the main opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the single biggest obstacle to good governance and change that the country needs, which the people are yearning for.
In a statement today, January 9 by the senior special assistant to the President on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the Presidency said that the PDP is currently grappling with deeply troubling questions about its terminal decline and future in national politics.
Referring to the PDP’s statement alleging friction between the President and his All Progressives Congress (APC), the presidency asked: “what business do they have talking about alleged love lost between President Buhari and the APC? What do they know? Who sent them?”
The Presidency said that self-respect and sound political judgement demand that the PDP should take an introspective look at itself after two successive defeats in national elections, asking what went wrong and how to fix its battered image.
“They need to go back to the people, in towns and villages, to know what the people want and what the country needs. “Instead of doing that, they are taking roles for themselves that are not mandated by law, morality or political gamesmanship.
“What business do they have issuing a statement on the love or the lack of it between the President and his party? “This is not why they lost elections. The party needs a reboot that aligns with current national mood and aspirations, to focus on their grim future after two successive defeats. It is the issue they need to focus on if they are to be taken as a serious opposition party again.
A tough task awaits anyone leading a party with nothing to offer to contemporary Nigerians but corruption, misgovernance and division.
“As for the APC, the geographical expansion of the party is nothing short of a testimony to the rosy future that lies ahead. The party has come to stay, and the President and the country will ensure that this is achieved.”
