The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the declaration by President
Muhammadu Buhari that he cannot match the resources of the opposition
ahead of the 2019 presidential election is a clear admission that he has
totally squandered the goodwill that brought him into office in 2015,
due to his abysmal failure.
This revelation by President Buhari and his dysfunctional All
Progressives Congress (APC) further portrays Mr. President and his party
as mortally afraid of the PDP, having realized that the key electoral
resource which our renewed PDP enjoys is the overwhelming support and
goodwill of Nigerians.
It is unfortunate that President Buhari would resort to face-saving
stunts, barefaced blackmail and outright condemnation of the PDP rather
than admitting his failures to fulfill campaign promises that he freely
made to Nigerians.
Perhaps, Mr. President needs to know that Nigerians have become more
politically sophisticated and that the only resources needed by a
political party or a candidate in an election is the goodwill of the
people and not financial reserves.
President Buhari and the APC should not be surprised that Nigerians have
rejected them and returned to the PDP.
Here are the reasons: In the last three years, the Buhari-led APC
administration wrecked our resilient economy, which was thriving under
the PDP; escalated hatred, violence and daily bloodletting by insurgents
and marauders across our country; brought acute hunger and starvation,
institutionalized siege mentality, persecution and trampling of rights
of citizens while turning our nation into one of the worst places to
live.
It is indeed pitiable that instead of seeking ways of regaining the
support of Nigerians, President Buhari and his APC are engaging in
needless propaganda and working on how to financially sway voters.
Unfortunately, Nigerians have already moved beyond the deceits of APC.
Indeed, President Buhari’s fixation on money politics confirms fears
that the unabated syphoning of trillions of naira by the cabal at the
Buhari Presidency through sleazy oil subsidy deals in the NNPC and the
Ministry of Petroleum, in addition to the looting of public funds in
other agencies, under the APC, are all preparatory for the manipulation
of votes for President Buhari in 2019.
Perhaps this accounts for why a government that claims to be fighting
corruption is breaking new grounds in corruption-related activities.
We want President Buhari and the sinking APC to know that the
repositioned PDP will not rely on money to win the 2019 general
elections. The goodwill and support of Nigerians are enough resources
for our victory.
President Buhari should therefore not think that he is addressing
Nigerians of 2015, who gave him votes by listening to mere rhetoric and
tales by moonlight.
Nigerians have moved on and they know that the PDP is the only credible
vehicle to return our nation to the path of peace, national cohesion and
economic prosperity, which were the hallmarks of the PDP years, before
the unfortunate incursion of the APC.
