Following the PDP Governors criticism on the All Progressives Congress (APC) unworthiness in participating in the 2023 general elections, the Presidency has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum.
It accused the governors of lacking sincerity in their criticism, saying they are only after power-sharing.
The Muhammadu Buhari Presidency’s position was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
The PDP governors had recently said it is “impossible for a party so disorganised to offer good governance to the people of Nigeria”.
It had, therefore, advised Nigerians to reject the APC should it choose to be part of the 2023 elections.
However, the Presidency in the statement titled ‘Issues from the PDP fantasy communiqué from Umuahia,’ said the PDP during its 16-year rule in Nigeria, squandered the nation’s resources with reckless abandon.
It accused the opposition party of trying to “cover up the serial and criminal failures of its long and damaging period in office, which the Muhammadu Buhari regime and the All Progressives Congress have strived these past seven years to repair.”
It said, “We cannot forget under the PDP, the nation had an army full of phantom soldiers whose pay went to PDP politicians’ pockets while our under-resourced real soldiers died in the fight against terrorist insurgents and our international allies refused to supply Nigeria kit and military aid.
“We cannot ignore how the PDP politicians sought—and continue to seek—to inflame ethnic and religious tensions by refus