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PDP slams FG, APC over insecurity, ASUU strike

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government over the security challenges bewildering the country.

The PDP also condemned the inability of the Federal Government to rescue the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers who were abducted by terrorists in March.

The main opposition party made this known via a communique issued by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, at the end of the party’s 96th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Wednesday night in Abuja.

The communique partly read: “NEC strongly decried the worsening insecurity and continued killing of innocent Nigerians by terrorists who are emboldened by the exposed refusal of the APC-led government to confront the terrorists even when it knows their locations, listens to their phone conversations and even aware of their plans.

“NEC Condemned the failure/refusal of the APC government to rescue our citizens still languishing in their abductors’ dens including victims of last month’s terrorism attack on the Abuja/Kaduna train.

“NEC urged the Federal Government to live up to its constitutional duty to secure life and property and ensure an unconditional release of all the abductees.

“NEC expressed dismay that our security command and control coordination structure has collapsed under President Muhammadu Buhari as Mr. President remains “absent” having abdicated his duties as Commander-in-Chief and surrendering sovereignty over a substantial part of our country to terrorists.”

The PDP added that the corruption and deliberate economic manipulations in the APC-led Federal Government have crippled the country’s productive sector and resulted in the unbearable high cost of food items and other essential goods and services with consequential excruciating economic hardship to the citizens.

Speaking on the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the main opposition party accused the APC of playing with the emotions, destiny, and future of the youths.

The PDP, however, asked the Federal Government to take action to address the issues raised by the university lecturers.

The party added: “NEC rejected the continuing closure of public universities in Nigeria due to the refusal/failure of the APC government to decisively address the lingering industrial action by lecturers in public universities despite the huge resources at its disposal.

“It cautioned the APC to stop playing with the emotions, destiny and future of our youths and take action to address the industrial action immediately so that our children can go back to their classes.

“NEC condemned in very strong terms the mass looting of our national treasury and diversion of public funds through orchestrated purchase of APC Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms by all manner of persons at excessive N100 million to warehouse slush funds for APC to rig the 2023 general election.

“We restate our demand to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate all APC presidential aspirants in this regard.

The Star