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| Bola Tinubu |
The National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has asked Nigerians to hold
the Peoples Democratic Party responsible for the ongoing fuel scarcity
across the country.
Speaking to journalists in Lagos on Saturday, Tinubu said the PDP destroyed Nigeria during its 16-year rule.
The APC chieftain said the PDP refused to pursue what was necessary for the growth and development of the country. He said, “We want to stay focused and
redirect Nigeria. We want to reverse the decay of 16 years. We are
hearing comments from the PDP left and right. We are saying we want to
clear the mess they created. For 16 good years, the PDP destroyed the
country. We should not be lamenting over petrol queues today if they had
seen what was necessary and done what was necessary for this country.
“We can’t be emotional and live in
self-denial. They should have done the Awolowo Road and the
Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. If they put priority on our railroad, if they
put priority on electricity generation and distribution, we will not be
in this mess today.”
Tinubu also debunked the speculation in
some quarters that Nigerians were dissatisfied with the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government. He said, “Nigerians are not impatient
with the APC government; they just want to see the direction of the
economic policy and want to be certain of the future. They want to be
assured that we will not continue the leaderless, directionless and
hopelessness of the past 16 years.
“The fact is that Nigerians do not want
the importation of toothpicks to continue, we can make toothpicks out
of our bamboo trees. Nigeria does not want to import rice or plastic.
Nigeria does not want to continue in the direction of the past 16 years.
What did they leave behind in our account? Why should certain things
that we bring into this country become our priority? Why do we have to
import those things that we can produce? The country needs surgical
operation in the hands of a very honest Nigerian.”
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