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Buhari going to UNGA empty, with no agenda, PDP says
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would be attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) empty without any articulated agenda.
The opposition party’s national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan stated this in a statement on Sunday.
He said, “Is it not lamentable that, while other leaders are heading to the meeting with well-articulated national proposals that will boost their nations’ competitiveness on international engagements, the Buhari Presidency is going empty, with zero capacity to engage — a clear signal that it will equally return empty?
“The sad effect of such leadership failure is worsened by the acceptability issues trailing the rigging of the February presidential election, for which the Buhari Presidency is largely lacking in confidence and poise to vigorously engage other world leaders on issues.”
He went further to say that Buhari, for over four years, he emerged as president, had been able to exploit opportunities presented by such important events not minding huge resources spent on attendance.
“The PDP painfully recalls how earlier this month, President Buhari returned empty from the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, at the same time his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo-Ado, sealed a deal with automobile giant, Toyota, to establish a Toyota and Suzuki manufacturing plant in Ghana.
“Nevertheless, since Mr President is appearing before the UNGA, the PDP tasks him to use the opportunity to address world leaders on the reports by the European Union, African Union and other international bodies, detailing heavy manipulations and outright rigging of the 2019 general elections to favour him and his party,” he added.
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Meanwhile, President Buhari on Sunday left Abuja for New York, USA for the UNGA event.
His departure was announced in a terse statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina.
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