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How PDP Ruined Nigeria For 16 Years On An Industrial Scale – Presidency

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Presidency Reveals Who Buhari Trusts The Most
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The presidency has described the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its supporters as people who ruined the country during their 16 years in power between 1999 and 2015.

Mallam Garba Shehu, Special Assistant, media, and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari said this in a statement on Sunday made available to Naija News where the presidency responded to a number of opinion articles suggesting President Muhammadu Buhari was not in control of his administration.

The presidency noted that not only was Buhari in charge of his administration, he was also working to reposition Nigeria after the many years of bad leadership under the PDP.

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The statement from the presidency noted that despite several attempts by the opposition to drag the President’s name in the mud, there is not a single charge of corruption against his person and Buhari has even gained international recognition for his stand against corruption in Nigeria.

“As many detractors have done lately, these “influencers,” “celebrated columnists” and “editorial comments” do no more than endorse the opposition’s utterly wrong and fallacious position that the President is not in charge of his government.”

“Sometimes, we are forced to wonder whether some writers are mindful of the implication of words for the strategic and territorial interests of the nation.”

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“An entrenched culture of dissent in our country is not something that anyone, not least a Buhari Presidency wants to stamp down.”

Shehu’s statement further noted that despite the defamatory campaigns against the president, Buhari has opted to respect the rule of law, guarantee freedom of expression and rather focus on delivering good governance to the people of Nigeria.

“The fact that these baseless and appallingly mischievous attacks can freely be aired is itself evidence of the right to freedom of expression prevailing in the country today.”

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“Whether it is Ibrahim Magu, Godswill Akpabio, NDDC, NSITF and the others, Nigerians are bound to hold differing opinions, write letters, opinion columns, editorials and even stage lawful protests.”

“What is sometimes worrisome is that several of these comments, disguised as objective criticisms are merely speaking the language of the opposition-the people who ruined the country during their 16 years of corruption on an industrial scale.”

“These detractors pick up isolated issues like the ones in the EFCC, NDDC, and incidents of crime and corruption which have been with the country for years, and without any serious effort to uncover them, paint them a phenomena orchestrated and happening because President Buhari’s administration has decided to pursue cases of suspected wrongdoing in the anti-corruption agency, pension funds, NDDC and other government agencies.”

But the government was the first to point out the obvious embarrassment that potential acts of wrongdoing by the EFCC leadership would cause the administration. The question to ask is: did they expect the President to draw a curtain over these suspected scandals by not ordering audits and investigations? And for them to turn around to accuse him of a cover up?

To do a cover up and not order audits and investigations as the President did would amount to a historic betrayal of the mandate and the faith placed in him by the Nigerian people.

President Buhari’s integrity, uprightness and probity are intact and well known. Let us remind these so-called editorial writers that ECOWAS, Africa Union and the international community at large recognized President Buhari as Champion of the Anti-Corruption fight in Africa.

Nigerians are convinced that he is honest. They voted for him as President against the background of corruption, public policy paralysis and growing menace of terrorists threatening to take over a sizable portion of the nation’s territory. In his five years in office, there is not a single charge of corruption against his person.

As the leader of the country, President Buhari fully understands and bears the full weight of the solemn oaths he swore to defend the nation’s constitution, its citizens and territory. Disinformation is not a viable option for opposition. The Buhari government has done nothing to warrant these criticisms. Under our laws, you are innocent until proven guilty: Investigation, trial then conviction. Not the other way round. To carry out investigations before condemnation or conviction should not be misconstrued as a weakness or a vacuum in leadership.

President Buhari in the statement also called on all Nigerians to join him in the fight against corruption in the country, while promising to continue to discharge his sworn constitutional duties to Nigerians.

“The war against corruption is today at historic crossroads. This is the time all Nigerians should stand together to roll it back. President Buhari is determined not to be diverted by unfounded attacks, neither would he compromise the sacred mandate of Nigerians. He is determined to get justice for Nigerians on all these corruption cases being pursued.”