PDP TO BUHARI: Address issues of covid-19 palliatives; stop throwing tantrums

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari to address the issue of palliatives as the COVID-19 lockdown continues to bite harder.

The party in a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday night, also berated the presidency for throwing tantrums at Nigerians for complaining about President Buhari’s failure to provide palliatives to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in our country.

Ologbondiyan in the statement also warned the Federal Government not to attempt to politicize the COVID-19 effort, but take urgent steps to address the concerns being expressed by the party and majority of Nigerians.

The PDP said; “For the avoidance of doubt, all that the PDP has done, even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in our country, is to counsel the Buhari Presidency like other Nigerians, on how to safeguard our nation from the pandemic, most of which were largely ignored.

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“From the moment that the index case was established, our party had continued to advise Mr. President on how to manage the situation. The PDP had also consistently requested of Mr. President to provide an economic palliative that will help the country manage the fall out of the pandemic.

“All that our party had done had been in the best interest of Nigerians and the good governance of our nation. We believe that this is the duty which PDP owes Nigerians at this critical time.

“The PDP therefore urges the Buhari Presidency to desist from this attempt to politicize the COVID-19 effort and take urgent steps to address the concerns being expressed by our party and majority of Nigerians in the overall determination to check the spread of the pandemic in our country.”

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