Visit to Taraba is charade, hypocritical – PDP

 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Taraba and other troubled States as political afterthought that lacks genuine concern for victims of suspected marauders.
The party National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement yesterday said President “Buhari’s morbid comparison of more people being killed in one state than the other, as if one life is not as important as hundred others, was an expression of lack of deep concern for some people, adding that the planned visit to Benue was not genuinely from the heart.
The statement therefore said such disposition has further exposed the value the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled administration attaches to the lives of Nigerians.
Part of the statement reads: “Nigerians wondered why President Buhari did not put figures to the tally since what appears to be of interest is the morbid comparison of how many Nigerians were killed from state to state.
“We, however, are not surprised by President Buhari’s comments as well as the failure to visit the victims to directly assure them as the APC-controlled federal government had always exhibited thoughtless disdain towards the feelings and well being of the masses.
“When well-meaning Nigerians said the visits were cosmetic and a political gambit, some apologists of the APC dismissed it as a mere political statement. Now, the action and comments by the President during his whistle stop visit to Taraba state have bared it all”, the party said.
The PDP mocked the President for not having the courage to visit the victims to directly commiserate and allay their fears with assurances of steps to ensure justice and end the carnage, as his allusions almost re-opened old wounds.
Instead, the party lamented that “Not only that our dear President holed himself in the comfort of the Taraba State Government House for a brief meeting with few government officials”, which did nothing to assuage the pains and anxiety of the victims.
“Is it not surprising that the same President who, last Saturday, had all the time at a wedding ceremony in Kano state did not even spare a minute to visit victims of a carnage where a soothing word from him would have been the balm for justice and peace?
“Furthermore, the President declaration that Nigerians should not expect him to “always go out to the field” not only negates his promise to lead from the fronts, but also shows that he has become distant from the real feelings, demands and sensibilities of the people.
According to the statement, “It is clear to all that this Presidential road show serves no purpose to the people, but merely designed as a gambit to score cheap political point and falsely portray the administration as caring, particularly seeing that the 2019 election is around the corner.
Accordingly, the party charged: “Mr. President’s handlers to end the charade, which is bringing more pubic opprobrium to the President, as no amount of gimmick will reverse the resolve by Nigerians to end the APC anti-people rule come 2019”.

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