Buhari’s Democracy Day speech: We have failed – PDP reacts

–  The PDP says President Buhari must stop the blame game and focus on transforming the country

– The party says all Nigerians must come together to save the country

– The president was advised to focus on the economy

Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have reacted to the speech given by President Muhammadu Buhari on Democracy Day which also marks his first year in office.

President Buhari in his address to the nation on Sunday, May 29 talked about the state of the nation and the problem Nigeria was going through. He highlighted the role the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission played in recovering loots embezzled by the past administration and the plans to diversify the economy.

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Vanguard reports that some members of the PDP criticised the president’s speech.

Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma who is member of the House of Representative in Edo said President Buhari should not be solely blamed for the country’s woes as they all failed.

He said: said: “We are all to blame because we did not manage our oil boom period instead a few Nigerians siphoned our commonwealth into private pockets”.

 “Though I’m in PDP, I won’t place the whole blame on Mr president alone as we all failed project Nigeria”.

“On his speech I will say is another round of complaints without end as the mantra that catapulted APC to power has not changed anything”.

“Nothing has changed, so far what we’ve seen is trial by error economic policies of this government”.

“My final take is that we should all put our thinking cap on and see how the Nigerian project can be salvaged”.

Tajudeen Yusuf who is chairman of the House committee on capital market said the president’s speech only focused on blaming others instead of focusing on how to turn the country around.

He said “He needs to deliberately make people who are on the other side politically know that despite their opinion they have a place as critical stakeholders in project Nigeria .

“The blame game should stop as 60-70% of the people around him were part of the last 16 years and for him to succeed he must jettison primordial sentiments and embrace facts that he met on ground”.

“He was elected to fix Nigeria not to keep complaining. He should make nation building the focal point of his administration. Nobody in his right senses will dare challenge him on such a patriotic venture”.

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Uzoma Nkem-Aboonta who is the chairman of the House committee on public petitions in Abia said Buhari should borrow Goodluck Jonathan’s economic team and move fast.

“Nigerians are becoming impatient with this ‘go slow administration’.

“This is a time for proactive measures that are sustainable not this idea of complaining of virtually everything”.

“If he can’t get economic experts he should borrow from the Goodluck Johnathan’s economic team and this could help him save Nigeria”.

“Somebody close to him should tell him that this is not time for lamentation rather he should concentrate on how to move this country forward”.

Meanwhile, the president will be making a one-day trip to Dakar in Senegal which will be his first trip after the Democracy Day celebration.

According to Sahara Reporters, Buhari will be travelling to Senegal for the 49th extra-ordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States.

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