Presidency now a lie manufacturing plant —ADC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of turning the presidency into ‘a lie manufacturing plant’.

The party was reacting to a statement credited to the President that he has excelled in the three core area of his administration’s focus.

The President, had in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu claimed that members of the opposition cannot fault the efforts his administration had made in its three major areas of focus, namely security, economy and the fight against corruption.

The President spoke on Thursday in his hometown, Daura.

Reacting to the claim, the ADC Chairman, Chief Okey Nwosu, said it was unfortunate that Buhari had converted the exalted office of the President to a “lie manufacturing plant.”

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According to Nwosu, statistics from every credible organisations and even agencies of government showed that poverty and unemployment had worsened.

Nwosu said: “Buhari has turned the Presidency into a lie manufacturing plant. He has no right to evaluate himself. It is Nigerians that are supposed to assess his performance. However, the facts speak for themselves. Under Buhari, poverty and unemployment have worsened.

“He claims to have effectively tackled insecurity but every day new IDP camps are springing up. I recently returned from Borno State where I saw IDP camps all over the place.

“Even the agricultural revolution he boasts of is also false. The Middle Belt which is the food basket of the nation is in crisis, no thanks to herdsmen. So, how can he say life is better under his watch?”

 

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