BEVERLY HILLS, February 16, (THEWILL) – The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu state on Thursday advised former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme to stop weeping for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but shed tears for Nigerians who were affected by PDP’s maladministration of the country.
Ekwueme, who is a founding member of the PDP, had while receiving members of the party’s Strategy Committee at his house in Enugu, said anytime he remembered the story of the party, he feels like shedding tears.
Reacting to the elder statesman’s comment, Enugu APC, through its Publicity Secretary, Mrs. Kate Ofor said Ekwueme should rather weep for Nigerians, who were depraved, bankrupted and deeply wounded by the unbridled corruption which was the trademark of the 16 years PDP’s rule.
She stated that Ekwueme should weep for millions of Nigerian youths whose future were punctured by the looting of our commonwealth, hence decayed infrastructure, poor quality education and gross unemployment.
“Or do we talk of thousands of mothers whose children go to bed hungry in the midst of plenty?
“Our empathy goes to His Excellency, on his regrets that, ‘In 1999, we ended up with 21 out of 36 governors; South East and South South were all PDP. It was a strong showing, we also had control of the National Assembly; with that showing, all we needed to do was to manage the party properly as envisaged by the founding fathers, making it a mass movement and expanding its power base’.
“The scenario envisaged by the founding fathers of the PDP floundered when billions of dollars were pocked and doled out by the high placed government officials, as exemplified by the former Managing Director of NNPC, Andrew Yakubu. We cannot forget as well how the $23 billion meant for three Greenfield Refineries grew wings, leading to the present stress on the national currency, due to daily importation of refined petroleum products,” Offor said.
The Enugu APC spokesperson further urged Ekwueme to weep for Nigerians, not for PDP, which squandered the nation’s golden opportunity and nearly turned Nigeria into a failed state.
