The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said it admits that reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have increased economic hardship for the citizenry.
APC, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Mr. Felix Morka, argued that the unwillingness of previous administrations to undertake reforms and tackle the problems at their roots is why the economy has remained in the doldrums for a long time.
The APC assured that the reforms would reset the country’s long-broken economy, improve national security, and restore the country to wholesome and sustainable development.
APC called on Nigerians to remain focused and undistracted by the opposition’s pettiness and disinformation and continue supporting President Tinubu in his commitment to building greater progress and a more vibrant future for our country.
APC argued: “It would be easy and painless for President Tinubu to do as his predecessors have done, continue business as usual, kick the can down the road for future administrations to deal with while the rot and stagnation fester.
“But in keeping with the renewed hope agenda of his administration, he has chosen to tackle the country’s generational economic problems for the good of present and future generations of Nigerians,” Morka said.
“In the fullness of time, this President shall be vindicated for his vision and unwavering commitment to the national interest and the common good of all.”
APC particularly cast aspersions at the former director general of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, for calling on leading lights in opposition political parties to join forces to unseat the Tinubu-led administration in the 2027 poll.
Lukman, who is the immediate past national vice chairman North of the APC, resigned his membership of the party on the basis that the APC-led administration has not only inflicted hardship on Nigerians but has not been able to adhere strictly to the dictates of the party constitution.
Lukman, a vitriolic critic of President Tinubu’s style of leadership last week, called on the presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Atiku Abubakar, to set aside their differences and join forces together to defeat Tinubu in the 2027 poll.
APC, however, noted that it is ludicrous to tout opposition PDP and LP that cannot even manage their internal affairs as capable of offering responsible and visionary leadership to Nigeria.
APC claimed that Lukman’s latest call for opposition leaders to unite against the APC is a calculated move to cobble political relevance, divert attention from the Tinubu administration’s substantial progress, and further his selfish agenda.
Describing Lukman as a cantankerous political rodomont, the party argued that it is surprising that he have suddenly found faith in the opposition parties that he devoted a good number of years lampooning as inept, chronically corrupt, unpatriotic and destructive to the country’s democracy.
“Lukman’s history is one of opportunistic politicking, consistently prioritising his personal ego and interests over the interest of any and all institutions he has ever served,” Morka said.
“It takes an overdose of blinding self-interest to vacillate between extremes without reason or rationality. In all of his painfully verbose Sisyphean letters to the Greek gods, Lukman has not explained to Nigerians why he believes as he believes in the failed opposition parties.”
