COVID-19: Pro-Buhari group condemns PDP utterances, says party irresponsible

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a bull in a China shop.

The group also said that the opposition party’s reactions to actions of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government were thoughtless and knee-jerk.

In a statement signed by its chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and secretary, Cassidy Madueke, BMO said PDP had been acting in the most irresponsible and reckless manner since the COVID-19 outbreak.

The group was reacting to PDP attack on Buhari’s national broadcast, where the party said the President’s address was without substance.

“It is shocking that PDP broke its own record of irascibility by issuing yet another tasteless statement within minutes of President Buhari’s nationwide address on the pandemic, rather than heed the advice of Nigerians to join a non-partisan effort against coronavirus.

“In a bid to quickly put out a response, the party simply did a rehash of what has in recent weeks earned it a rebuke from well-meaning Nigerians who were tired of the constant politicisation of a global health crisis.

“For the party, it’s always about attempting to pick holes, but again PDP ended up exposing itself as a gathering of tactless and irresponsible people who are not concerned about the citizenry.

“So not surprisingly, the same bunch that were against a lockdown of the epicentre of Covid-19 in Nigeria are also criticising the decision to reopen the states in phases, with flimsy, pointless arguments.

“We want to put it on record that a PDP that had no qualms about holding political meetings, congresses and rallies in the middle of a pandemic cannot be said to be interested in the welfare of the people,” BMO statement read in part.

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The group, however, noted that the Federal Government had since February been taking steps to mitigate the adverse effects of the pandemic on the country.

It also urged residents of Kano State not to see the president’s decision to impose a fresh two-week lockdown on the state as a punishment, but to view it as a necessary step to avert a catastrophe, as well as get to the root of mystery deaths in Nigeria’s most densely populated state.

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