The All Progressives Congress (APC)
has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of taking political advantage of
calamities that have befallen Nigeria under his watch, saying giving 5
million Naira to each family that lost a relative in the Immigration
recruitment exercise after one year is not only belated but aimed at
currying votes.
In a statement in Lagos, Saturday,
by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party
wondered why it took the President all of one year to act on the promise
he made to the families, adding that but for the forthcoming elections,
the President would have simply ignored the families, in his usual style.
”The truth is that this President
was forced to act because of the elections. Otherwise, why has it taken
one year for the President to redeem his promise to the bereaved families?
Why has his Administration not sanctioned those who sent innocent job seekers
to their early graves after extorting them? Why is the Interior
Minister, Mr Abba Moro, who presided over the deaths, still in office,
virtually dancing on the graves of those innocent youths?
Sunday, March 15th, will mark one
year since those vibrant youths were lured to their deaths by a callous
federal government that failed them in all ramifications, including the
security of their lives and the assurance of their welfare, the raison
d’etre of any government. It is therefore utterly reprehensible, immoral
and wicked for the same administration to seek to make political gains out
of the needless tragedy,” it said.
APC said President Jonathan, in his
desperation for re-election, has also sought to take political advantage
of other tragedies, including the Buni Yadi massacre of school children
and the abduction of Chibok girls
”After refusing to even visit the
families of those school children in Buni Yadi and Chibok, the President
suddenly woke up and started sending delegations to meet with them, all
this because he needs votes. As a parent himself, how will the President
feel if he had been so treated? Why must the President put his re-election
over and above everything else, including the welfare and security of
Nigerians? Is there no limit to desperation,” the party queried.
It said Nigerians are keenly aware
of the fact that this President has suddenly woken up from his deep
slumber and become artificially hyperactive, making repeated visits to
regions that he had neglected in the past six years and doling out hard
currencies even at a time the Naira was taking a beating, all for election
purposes.
”No one is fooled by the antics of a
desperate President, and in the fullness of time, Nigerians will show
President Jonathan and his cohorts that they are not impressed by his
pretend governance,” APC said.
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