Buhari’s Independence broadcast completely un-presidential, an insult to Nigerians —PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day broadcast as an insult on the psyche of Nigerians and a mockery of the nation’s integrity as an independent state.

It also said that the speech was “completely un-presidential, lacking in patriotic stance and replete with manifest inconsistencies, contradictions, paradoxes and false performance claims, which further confirm that our dear fatherland is in wrong hands.”

This was contained in a statement PDP released on Tuesday through its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan.

“The PDP notes that President Buhari, in his recorded address failed to forcefully address the key issues of freedom, social justice, constitutional order, separation of powers, rule of law, human rights, credible elections, national cohesion, accountability and transparency in government; the very fundamentals of an independent state, because of his administration had violated them all,” he said.

The party said it was regrettable that Buhari “had no forceful reassurances on the challenge of escalated insecurity under his watch” and had no clear-cut and operable blueprint to revamp the economy, “which his administration wrecked in a period of four years, resulting in so much hardship and despondency that Nigerians now resort to suicide and slavery abroad as options.”

The statement added, “Our party notes that this address further exposes that the Buhari Presidency is not interested in the nation building; that it is completely disconnected from the people and remains insensitive to the plights of Nigerians.

“The PDP states that if anything, Mr President only succeeded in further demonstrating that his administration is, indeed, in no position to deliver a credible, acceptable and satisfactory independence address.

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“This is so because under the Buhari Presidency, our nation has experienced the worst form of division, deprivation, human right abuse, constitutional violations, disregard to rule of law, electoral malpractices, disobedience to a court order, disrespect for separation of powers and curtailing of press freedom.”

The party described as that, “President Buhari is presenting uninspiring claims, propaganda and empty promises.”

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