Th e war of words between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to abate as the major opposition party yesterday took a swipe on the ruling party saying that ahead of 2019, APC has continued with its frivolous claims of achievements. Th e party in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, noted that the APC’s abysmal failure will be its scoring points in 2019 given that the remaining one year plus will make no diff erence to the APC’s incompetence and crass ineptitude in political, democratic and public governance. Th e statement read: “
Th e Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is amazed over some frivolous claims credited to certain leaders of the Ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in which they expressed confi dence that the Party’s Scorecard in 2019 will be that it cleared the PDP’s mess. “We ask, how can a minus zero scorecard translate to confi dence for winning elections? How convenient! It’s therefore very obvious that the APC is still stuck with its serial lies and blame game against the PDP since it assumed power more than two years ago.
“Th e APC should be told that its unwavering deception and manipulation against Nigerians could be likened to H. L. Mencken’s phrase of, “A lie that has attained the dignity of age”. Nigerians are already embittered and will not have a repeat of it in 2019; and we join them to say it is enough!!! “In one of the APC leaders’ haughty and empty boasts, they referred to Nigerian Economy as decadent before APC took over from the PDP in 2015 among other narrow minded claims they made.
Before we proceed, we want to state emphatically that the APC’s abysmal failure will indeed be the PDP’s scoring points in 2019 given that the remaining one year plus will make no diff erence to the APC’s incompetence and crass ineptitude in political, democratic and public governance. “In the light of the above, we promise to continue shielding the unsuspecting public from the APC’s sworn deception. On a second thought though, it appears Nigeria is being ruled by the APC from her status in 1983; otherwise, this plethora of lies against evidence-based achievements of the PDP in the entire sector wouldn’t have arisen.
“But we have deemed it fi t to continue reminding Nigerians of our unparalleled achievements while in governance mainly, that of the immediate past Administration of H.E. Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR. In line with Bo Bonneth, “For every reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth”.
“We wish to specifi cally note one other outrageous claim by these leaders, that the APC has recorded huge success in the ‘Agricultural Sector’ – in crops such as: rice and grains; and for tubers like, cassava and yam by next year. Indeed, this is absurd and a loquacious claim as there is no evidence, except increased hunger and frustrations on Nigerians daily.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the PDP did surpass the APC’s imaginations of growth in Agricultural Sector especially, in the Rice and Cassava productions that they made boast of. Below are some of our landmark acievements mainly by the Mid-Term of the PDPled administration of President Jonathan. “Th e PDP Administration hinged the transformation of the Agricultural Sector on two major policy strategies: to eliminate corruption in the Sector and the strengthening of its Institutions.
“We make bold to state that these policy actions resulted in giant strides for the ‘Rice Crop’, where local production increased with evidence of rice brands like, Ebony, Ashi, Mikap, etc., and they sold in Nigerian markets; thereby, reducing importation of rice to the barest minimum. A bag of rice sold for N8,000 while under this APC, it’s cost is almost 3
