President Jonathan is running an incompetent, flip flopping
presidency:
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described as a cruel irony
the accusation of inconsistency and double standards levelled against
its leaders by the presidency, saying an incompetent and flip flopping
administration has no moral authority to point an accusing finger at
anyone, least of all the patriotic and respectable APC leadership.
According to the APC: " The presidency is behaving like a punch-
drunk boxer who, clearly dazed by a barrage of right-on-target
punches from the opponent, ran to the ropes and started
punching the air, when he should be thinking of a comeback
strategy."
In a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said:
"This presidency is definitely dazed from its own failings, the collapse
of the party that sired it and the opprobrium being poured on it daily
by Nigerians who are grossly disappointed at its woeful performance
and clear lack of direction. We are therefore not surprised that in
addition to incompetence and cluelessness, it has now resorted to
twisting facts."
APC challenged the presidency to tell Nigerians when the party called
on President Jonathan to respond to former President Olusegun
Obasanjo's scorching letter, as claimed by the presidency on Monday.
"What we said, in our press release dated Dec. 13th 2013 and entitled
'APC to Jonathan: Don't take Nigeria back to Abacha days', was
that President Jonathan should address the allegations that he has
put 1,000 Nigerians on a 'political watch-list', in addition to training
snipers at the same facility where Abacha's killer squad was trained.
"Even then, our grouse with the President's letter is not that he
should not have responded, but that he should have exhibited a high
level of decorum in his response , bearing in mind that the presidency
is an institution that should not be dragged into the mud, while the
president is only a tenant.
''In order to show clearly that the presidency either did not understand
our subsequent press release on the lettergate or has decided to
distort our stand, we hereby reproduce the relevant part of the second
statement we issued on Dec. 26th 2013, on the basis of which the
presidency has misfired: ' The party said while it is not interested in
joining the fray over the issues contained in the letters written by
both men, the decision by the President to go personal in his reaction
crossed the threshold of decency and brought the presidency - and
indeed the country - into disrepute.
'''It said in other climes, the President would have simply issued a
terse response to such a letter denying the allegations that border on
national security, if any; as well as saying the former President's
observations have been noted, and that the government would study
them and then engage with the former President in private, while
assuring that the ship of state is on course'."
On the accusation of inconsistency and double standards levelled
against its leaders, APC said the Presidency was simply shooting the
breeze.
"The problem with this presidency is that it still cannot get over the
fact that our leaders, including Chief Bisi Akande, Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have decided to put their differences
aside and make personal sacrifices to rescue Nigeria from the
PDP death grip. The presidency cannot understand why the
permutations of its fake political consultants, that personality clashes
between Buhari and Asiwaju will not let the APC see the light of day,
have failed.
"Also, they have been gripped with mortal fear that the leadership of
the APC has reached out to all Nigerians, irrespective of their political
leanings. They cannot understand that those who are genuinely
committed to rebuilding a nation that has been made so fractious by
a bungling ruling party must be flexible and accommodating, while
holding on tight to their principles,'' the party said.
It urged the Jonathan presidency to expend its energy on telling
Nigerians why it should not be voted out in 2015 for running the
most incompetent administration yet in our country's history. It
should explain to Nigerians why billions of naira have been squirreled
away under its watch. It should tell Nigerians why they spent their
Christmas and New Year holidays in darkness; why most of our
qualified youth are unemployed, and why the government's contrived
economic growth has yet to result in economic development (that's
hoping they know the difference).
presidency:
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described as a cruel irony
the accusation of inconsistency and double standards levelled against
its leaders by the presidency, saying an incompetent and flip flopping
administration has no moral authority to point an accusing finger at
anyone, least of all the patriotic and respectable APC leadership.
According to the APC: " The presidency is behaving like a punch-
drunk boxer who, clearly dazed by a barrage of right-on-target
punches from the opponent, ran to the ropes and started
punching the air, when he should be thinking of a comeback
strategy."
In a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said:
"This presidency is definitely dazed from its own failings, the collapse
of the party that sired it and the opprobrium being poured on it daily
by Nigerians who are grossly disappointed at its woeful performance
and clear lack of direction. We are therefore not surprised that in
addition to incompetence and cluelessness, it has now resorted to
twisting facts."
APC challenged the presidency to tell Nigerians when the party called
on President Jonathan to respond to former President Olusegun
Obasanjo's scorching letter, as claimed by the presidency on Monday.
"What we said, in our press release dated Dec. 13th 2013 and entitled
'APC to Jonathan: Don't take Nigeria back to Abacha days', was
that President Jonathan should address the allegations that he has
put 1,000 Nigerians on a 'political watch-list', in addition to training
snipers at the same facility where Abacha's killer squad was trained.
"Even then, our grouse with the President's letter is not that he
should not have responded, but that he should have exhibited a high
level of decorum in his response , bearing in mind that the presidency
is an institution that should not be dragged into the mud, while the
president is only a tenant.
''In order to show clearly that the presidency either did not understand
our subsequent press release on the lettergate or has decided to
distort our stand, we hereby reproduce the relevant part of the second
statement we issued on Dec. 26th 2013, on the basis of which the
presidency has misfired: ' The party said while it is not interested in
joining the fray over the issues contained in the letters written by
both men, the decision by the President to go personal in his reaction
crossed the threshold of decency and brought the presidency - and
indeed the country - into disrepute.
'''It said in other climes, the President would have simply issued a
terse response to such a letter denying the allegations that border on
national security, if any; as well as saying the former President's
observations have been noted, and that the government would study
them and then engage with the former President in private, while
assuring that the ship of state is on course'."
On the accusation of inconsistency and double standards levelled
against its leaders, APC said the Presidency was simply shooting the
breeze.
"The problem with this presidency is that it still cannot get over the
fact that our leaders, including Chief Bisi Akande, Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have decided to put their differences
aside and make personal sacrifices to rescue Nigeria from the
PDP death grip. The presidency cannot understand why the
permutations of its fake political consultants, that personality clashes
between Buhari and Asiwaju will not let the APC see the light of day,
have failed.
"Also, they have been gripped with mortal fear that the leadership of
the APC has reached out to all Nigerians, irrespective of their political
leanings. They cannot understand that those who are genuinely
committed to rebuilding a nation that has been made so fractious by
a bungling ruling party must be flexible and accommodating, while
holding on tight to their principles,'' the party said.
It urged the Jonathan presidency to expend its energy on telling
Nigerians why it should not be voted out in 2015 for running the
most incompetent administration yet in our country's history. It
should explain to Nigerians why billions of naira have been squirreled
away under its watch. It should tell Nigerians why they spent their
Christmas and New Year holidays in darkness; why most of our
qualified youth are unemployed, and why the government's contrived
economic growth has yet to result in economic development (that's
hoping they know the difference).
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