Presidency faults PDP’s claims on Buhari’s 10-day vacation

Presidency faults PDP’s claims on Buhari’s 10-day vacation

- Presidential aide, Garba Shehu, says it is inconceivable for the president administration to copy the bad manners cast in stone in the PDP

- He states that the president is carrying out difficult reforms for the future growth of the country

- Buhari says God will continue to fish out bad eggs in APC

The presidency on Thursday, August 2, dismissed the claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that President Muhammadu Buhari is embarking on a 10-day leave in order to open the stage for the impeachment of Senate president Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity described the claims as both ridiculous and a hollow narrative to garner cheap sympathy, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

“That the president, himself a sworn democrat, had handed power to his deputy without compulsion is itself exemplary and innovative, something that the PDP failed to produce in their sixteen years of monumental mismanagement and sadistic plunder,” Shehu said.

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The presidential aide added: “For the benefit of the doubters, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, the Vice President who acts in the absence of the president is a lawyer of the highest rank and a social rights crusader who had received local and international acclaim before he took the president office.

“It is inconceivable that this is the team to copy the bad manners cast in stone in the PDP.

“We welcome objective criticism and take them seriously and humbly, but Nigerians must by now be tired of a party, the stock in trade of which is to cry wolf where there is none, ostensibly to spread negativity and distract the President’s attention from the cleansing operations he has been mandated carry out.’’

According to him, the president is carrying out difficult reforms for the future growth of the country, such as the implementation of the ease of doing business, the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the whistleblower policy.

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Shehu added that other reforms embarked upon by the president included the massive investment in rail, roads and power.

“If such reforms had happened in 16 years of the PDP, it would have made things much better for the country.

“Instead, they seem to be fixated with a desperate quest for power, nothing but power for its own sake because they have nothing to offer.

They draw a sadistic pleasure when things appear to be going wrongly, yet they offer nothing by way of remedy or solutions.

“The whole country is fighting corruption and the ordinary citizen is happy about all that is happening,’’ he further stated.

The presidential spokesman also noted that the economic parameters had changed for the better, a clear indication that the administration’s political and economic strategies were working but the opposition was not interested.

He therefore advised the PDP to just keep quiet if the party does not have anything that would help the farmers, women, the common man and the youth.

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He said: “In the end, one thing Nigerians should take away from the cacophonous falsehoods from the PDP and the tenants back in their tent is that they all fear one thing, that their old records will be reopened."

Meanwhile, President Muhammdu Buhari has urged his supporters not to be troubled by the recent defections that have hit the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Buhari on Thursday, August 2, in Bauchi likened defectors from the APC, to bad eggs saying “God will continue to fish out the bad eggs among us” as the country approaches the 2019 general elections, The Punch reports.

The president made the statement when he spoke at the commencement of the campaign rally for the Bauchi south senatorial district bye-elections and the formal presentation of APC candidate, Gumau Yahaya, for the August 11 poll, his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina said in a release.

The president reassured his supporters that his government will continue to work hard to surpass its campaign promises for a better Nigeria.

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