A spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign, Charles Aniagwu, has said the All Progressives Congress ( APC) is allegedly distancing itself from the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, because they are not proud of the records of the federal government.
Aniagwu, in a statement, on Tuesday, said the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and his handlers were always referring to Lagos in their campaigns because the ruling party has allegedly failed to fulfill its campaign promises to Nigerians.
The campaign spokesman noted that the APC government, in the last seven years, allegedly destroyed all the structures put in place by the PDP in its 16 years rule.
According to him, “the PDP 16years record is attractive enough to run on, because things were much better in 2015 than they are now; and you could see that those contesting on the platform of the ruling party APC are so scared of mentioning their achievements.
“Each time they talk they take you to Lagos. A Lagos that is not even functioning well in the first place.
“But on the basis of what we did even in the first 16 years, we don’t have to run away from it and I can tell you that we liberalised the telecoms sector, pension reforms, banking consolidation, and setting up a number of institutions to fight corruption, EFCC, ICPC, Due Process Office and many more.
“In that 16 years we ensured that Nigerians were united but in the last 7 years under the APC, those things that put us together have been so bastardised.”
Aniagwu added that the PDP is ” very proud of running on our records and Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Dr Ifeanyi Okowa have seen the many challenges bedevilling the country and they have mapped out strategies to reposition the country to function effectively.
“Those who asked for change in 2015 has seen that the change they asked for did not yield the dividends of democracy they so desired and i can assure you that Atiku-Okowa will make a difference.”