The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed claims by
President Muhammadu Buhari that his administration has
done better than the previous PDP administrations.
The PDP said this in a statement signed by its National
Publicity Secretary, Mr . Kola Ologbodiyan, in Abuja , on
Wednesday.
The party was reacting to President Muhammadu Buhari ’ s
claim that his administration had achieved more than
previous PDP administrations.
Buhari was said to have made the claim during his visit to
Jigawa State.
Ologbodiyan said, “ This ridiculous claim, which is
completely irreconcilable with the harrowing economic and
security realities, has exposed President Buhari as the
author of a series of false performance indices and
propaganda in the public place , designed to beguile
Nigerians ahead of the 2019 elections.
“ President Buhari has forgotten that despite the temporary
setback of the PDP in the 2015 elections , Nigerians are still
aware that during the PDP administration , with our people -
oriented policies , our nation was a better place to live.
“ Nigerians easily recall that during the PDP tenure , the
standard of living and purchasing power of citizens were at
their peaks ; the private sector flourished ; more businesses
opened and blossomed thereby providing millions of jobs
and Nigerians were more united and secure.
“ Painfully , in the space of three years , the Buhari
Presidency has reversed all these gains.”
The PDP argued that it left behind a robust economy which
the Buhari administration had destroyed within the last
three years.
Ologbondiyan also noted that the President ’s consistent
global de - marketing of the nation led to the loss of Foreign
Direct Investments , job losses and the free fall of the naira
from N 165/ $1 USD where the PDP left it in 2015 to N 360 to
$ 1USD under his watch .
