Buhari Embarking On Foreign Trips As ‘Thank You’ To World Leaders – PDP

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s many foreign trips were not aimed at finding a lasting solution to the many challenges confronting the nation as claimed by the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), but rather to show gratitude to presidents who backed him to become leader of the most populous black nation on earth.
The Lagos PDP Publicity Secretary, Taofeek Gani, made the claim in reaction to the president’s latest trip to Equatorial Guinea on Sunday.
According to Mr. Gani, despite Buhari’s numerous foreign trips since he was sworn-in as president on May 29, 2015 there has been no improvement in Nigeria’s economic situation.
The Lagos PDP spokesperson further said the statement attributed to Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Saturday that Nigeria’s economy is beyond President Buhari, was an admission that the APC-led federal government was incapable of managing the affairs of the country.
“What they have admitted is that they cannot provide solutions to the problems of the country. The expression by the Minister of Information is a vindication of our campaign that the APC-led federal government is too kindergarten and intellectually arrogant to manage the affairs of this sophisticated country.
“They are arrogant because they do not want to see any trace of PDP in their government. They have decided to throw out the baby with the bath water. The experience and contributions of great minds like Akinwunmi Adesina, Okonjo-Iweala and other ministers under the PDP have all been rubbished because the APC government wants Nigeria to believe that there is nothing good in PDP”, he said.
Mr. Gani further stated that the APC government was “clueless” because many programmes of the former administration have been scrapped.
He cited the Sovereign Wealth Fund championed by former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, which he noted “saved Nigeria from even what America cannot survive when there was world economic downturn. The fact that there is a sharp fall in price of crude oil should not make the Nigerian economy this bad”.
“Our economy is bad because the people who are in control are clueless and intellectually arrogant, refusing to seek the advice of those that can assist them. They are only playing partisan politics with our lives. What is expected of the Honourable Minister is not only to apologise to Nigerians, but to honourably resign.
“They have no solution to the myriads of problems confronting the country. The other day, they said all the foreign trips by President Buhari are to seek solution to our problems. If so, how come things are getting worse? I believe President Buhari’s numerous trips is just to say ‘Thank You’ to world leaders who supported him during the last presidential election”, he said.