By Henry Umoru
ABUJA- National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on
Monday, lampooned President
Muhammadu Buhari, saying that Nigeria’s
snubbing of the meeting of countries affected by insurgency at the 70th
United Nation’s General Assembly meeting was an insult to the country.
PDP accused the presidency of being economical with the truth on why
President Buhari was absent at the UN General Assembly in New York
meeting where the very sensitive issue of humanitarian crisis arising
from the insurgency in Lake Chad countries was discussed.
According to the party, Nigeria’s absence at such a meeting where
countries affected by Boko Haram insurgency sought international
assistance for millions displaced by the scourge, revealed the All
Progressives Congress, APC led government insincerity and ineptitude.
Addressing Journalists, in Abuja, the PDP National Publicity
Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh stressed that the presidency lied because
the said meeting on humanitarian crisis was contained on the official
brochure tagged, “High Level Event on the Lake Chad Basin,” and that
“high level representation from the government of Nigeria” was scheduled
to make contributions at the meeting.
Metuh said: “Further reports indicate that due to the importance of
that meeting, it was broadcast on United Nations’ official online
television and radio channels, while officials of world bodies have
continued to register their disappointment in our country due to the
incompetence of the APC-led government. Instead of admitting failure and
apologizing to Nigerians, the Presidency sought to hoodwink the public
by claiming that the meeting was not one of the official events for
which the President and his delegation are in New York, only for the
official brochure of the meeting tagged, “High Level Event on the Lake
Chad Basin,” to show that “high level representation from the government
of Nigeria” was scheduled to make contributions at the meeting.
“It is disheartening to note that the same meeting the President
Buhari-led delegation shunned actually yielded a fall out of $6.8
million announced by the United States as funding for regional aid
efforts.”
The PDP regretted that whereas, other affected Chad basin countries
were fully represented and had fruitful discussions with officials of
the world body, the government of Nigeria, which has the biggest
challenge of displaced persons, refused to attend such a meeting.
Metuh who titled his speech, “The Decline Of Democratic Ideals” also
said that for calling Ministers noise makers, President Buhari will not
attach any value or importance to them if he eventually appoints them,
adding that the non appointment of Ministers about four months in office
is a pointer that the president wants
to run an authoritarian government.
He said, “From his hesitancy and comments, it is deducible that
President Buhari never intended to appoint ministers but rather prefers
to run a monocracy and evidently does not value or respect those he
would nominate as ministers.
“Otherwise, how can anyone repackage the mindset of the President
when he, in an interview with France 24 Television in France, stated
categorically that his preference is to rule without a cabinet and
denigrated ministers as ‘noise makers,’ and of no importance or value in
the running of an administration?”
Metuh also noted the diplomatic mix-up experienced during the UN
visit, “which resulted in the breach of protocol, crass ineptitude and
monumental embarrassment in the late appearance of President Buhari
during Pope Francis’ meeting with other world leaders.
“This is most damaging to the image of the country, especially as we
note that the damage did not arise out of disrespect for the head of
Vatican, the Pope but due to the incompetence of those around our
beloved President,” the party added.
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