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 Nigeria.”
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