Buhari Betrayed The Almajiris After Using Them To Get into Power - PDP Claims

The Peoples Democratic Party has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress of betraying Almajirai and Nigeria’s poor and vulnerable after using them to grab power in 2015.

 
The claim was made on Monday in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbodiyan, said this in a statement in Abuja, on Monday.
 
The party noted that the APC and its regime had continued to show their true colours especially as manifested in the neglect and dehumanising treatment they had meted out to poor and vulnerable Nigerians since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
The statement read in part, “The PDP notes that APC’s disdain and desertion of our citizens had further exposed it as a deceitful party which used lies, propaganda and false promises to mislead the people in 2015 to denounce a system of governance which had their interest at heart and worked day and night to ensure a better life for them.

“Today, the APC and its government have succeeded in wrecking the lives of ordinary Nigerians; stolen their common patrimony; rendered many homeless, turned their joy into sadness, hope into hopelessness, fortune into abject poverty; reneged on all their enticing promises, swindled and abandoned our citizens to a life of misery.

“From Katsina to Lagos, Kano to Edo, Kaduna to Osun, Yobe to Ekiti; Plateau to Kogi and all the places where the APC has left footprints at the federal and state levels, the downtrodden people have been exploited and now abandoned; treated by the APC as sub-humans in their own country.”
 
It also accused APC leaders of taking delight in insulting Nigerian youths who they denied job opportunities calling them lazy and unemployable.
 
Ologbodiyan noted that the same APC derided the then PDP administration which took the initiative towards solving the almajirai problem once and for all.
 
He further said, “Unfortunately, what we witness today are total reneging on these promises, degradation of citizens, hunger and starvation, intimidation of dissenting voices, untold corruption, neglect of our infrastructure, annexation of electoral and judicial system, violation of human rights, in addition to escalation of insurgency and bloodletting while the President, who promised to lead from the front, recedes very far into the luxury and safety of Aso Presidential villa.

“Nigerians can recall how the PDP championed the cause of the downtrodden, established Almajirai schools, the e-wallet initiatives for rural farmers, built new universities, revamped our economy, overhauled our health care system, established the National Health Insurance Scheme, revamped the mortgage system to give Nigerians access to own homes and expanded the political space to promote youth and women participation in governance, among others.”
 
The PDP accused the APC of reversing all those gains within a five year period. It maintained that the COVID-19 pandemic had further exposed the APC as a party without plans for Nigerians, which only came to grab power to enrich themselves at the expense of ordinary Nigerians.
 
The party urged Nigerians not to despair, but to rally among themselves, help each other and ensure that a party like APC, did not come to power at any level after the end of this tenure.
 
“On our own part, the PDP as a party, will continue to stand with Nigerians, especially the downtrodden and remain committed to protecting their interests at all times,” the statement added.
 
In response, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu said, “The baseless accusations of the PDP have become familiar. However, let them know that the almajirai system is not an APC policy, he should talk to the states.”

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Posted: at 12-05-2020 03:37 PM (4 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Posted: at 12-05-2020 04:09 PM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac

What an irresponsible fellow, this Ologbondiyan man. Was is not a responsible Yoruba senior citizen that assisted his State Government to apprehend his own sin, and delivered him to the State when the Latter escaped into the State from another location during this Lockdown. Even if the Almajiris are children in diaspora, is it not necessary they are properly taken care of this crucial moment.bologbondiyan is now acting like "malu' where he has been incorporated.

Posted: at 12-05-2020 04:41 PM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Foolish Kola Ologbondiyan is an irresponsible fellow and a gullible human being, a useless and good for nothing individual who cannot point to any tangible things he has done in our community, but to come to air and talk rubbish. However, despite the fact that Almajiris are children in diaspora is it very pertinent they are properly taking care at this critical time.

Posted: at 13-05-2020 08:53 AM (4 years ago) | Newbie