Goodluck Jonathan leaving Aso Rock in deep mess – APC

Firstclass newsline gathered that the All Progressives Congress has
said President Goodluck Jonathan is handing over a nation in deep
crisis, even as his administration continues to contrive more crises
without making any effort to solve any of them.
In a statement in Abuja on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party however appealed to Nigerians not to
lose hope, despite the daunting challenges they were currently facing
in "this atmosphere of contrived chaos", saying help was on the way.
APC said, "In a few days' time, President Jonathan will hand over to
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. Never in the history of our country
has any government handed over to another a more distressed country:
No electricity, no fuel, workers are on strike, billions are owed to
state and federal workers, 60 billion dollars are owed in national
debt and the economy is virtually grounded.
"Today, Nigerians are roaming the streets, jerry cans in hand,
searching for everything from kerosene to fuel to diesel to power
their homes, keep their vehicles on the road and keep their businesses
going. They are paying as much as 300 Naira per litre for fuel, if at
all they can get it. Yet their government is not saying a word about
the situation."
APC said while the "Jonathan administration has arrogantly told
Nigerians that it remains in office and in power till May 29, all it
has been doing was sacking people and making new appointments as if it
has been deprived of the opportunity to do so in the past six years."
The incoming ruling party added, "They are not interested in how to
end the fuel scarcity that has paralysed the socio-economic lives of
Nigerians, they are not interested in how to raise electricity
production from its unprecedentedly-low level of 1,327 megawatts, they
are not doinganything to end the strike by blue and while collar oil
workers, or to stop the impending one.
"They say they are in office till May 29, but they do not care how
workers in 18 states, who are owed a total of N300bn in salaries under
their watch, or federal workers, who are owed N400bn will be paid. Yet
they are running a budget of N1tr deficit.
"They have deliberately stopped meeting their obligations to oil
marketers, which is now around N200bn; hence, no one is lifting
petroleum products anymore. If the current energy crisis is not solved
soonest, the telecommunications sector could even be grounded in a
matter of days as service providers will have neither electricity nor
fuel to power their base stations.
"Of course, the aviation sector has already been left comatose by the
fuel crisis. The whole scenario reeks of sabotage!"
APC said before PDP and "Jonathan administration's spin doctors
distort its message, it is important to let Nigerians know that the
party (APC) is not engaging in lamentations but simply keeping the
citizenry informed of the situation on the ground", with just five
days to the handover date.
APC stated, "If we thought the nation was being well managed and there
was no problem, we would not have embarked on a campaign of change.
While we are ready, willing and able to begin to address the mammoth
challenges facing us as a nation as soon as we assume office at the
centre in a few days' time, we will not hesitate for a second to keep
Nigerians informed of how we have been brought to this sorry pass,
with a view to avoiding such a tragic turn in the future."
It expressed sadness that the nation had been on auto pilot for the
past several weeks, saying the outgoing administration had shown
neither the capacity nor the willingness to resolve any of the crises
it had "contrived and foisted" on the nation.
"This is the most vivid manifestation of the old saying that literally
translates to a departing office holder defecating on the chair he is
vacating," APC said.
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