The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Monday media chat as confirmation of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government’s insensitivity to Nigerians’ suffering.
In the media chat, Tinubu said his policies yielded positive results, stressing that tax reforms and fuel subsidy removal would not be reversed.
The president also said he was unprepared to reduce his cabinet despite the public clamour to reduce the country’s governance costs.
But reacting, the PDP, through its national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said on Tuesday that the president’s comments showed that he and his party, the APC, were disconnected from Nigerians and their challenges.
The PDP said the “ill-implemented and anti-people policies of the APC” are having serious effects on citizens, adding that President Tinubu should travel by road to see things for himself.
“Also alarming is President Tinubu’s claim that Nigerians can now freely and safely travel by road despite the horrible reality of banditry, kidnapping, and armed robbery, as well as the worsened condition of highways across the country under the APC.
“The PDP urges President Tinubu to travel from Abuja to Lagos by road, visit any of our markets, or take a walk on the street of any city in Nigeria to properly gauge and appreciate the real situation in the country rather than relying on fabricated statistics being bandied by officials of his government.
“The widespread food stampede in various parts of the country, which recently led to the deaths of about 80 Nigerians, shows that our nation is indeed in a perilous time under the APC,” the opposition party said.
