The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday described
the praises showered on Nigerians by President Muhammadu Buhari before his
host, the Moroccan Prime Minister, Saadeddine Othman, as a cover-up for his
deep-seated disdain for Nigerian youths.
The opposition party said Buhari was making a vain
effort to launder his image and reverse the public opprobrium he earned himself
for his “lazy youths" comment.
It also described the president's speech as "a
poorly packaged deception to sugarcoat his deep-seated disdain for Nigerian
youths."
In a statement issued by PDP’s National Publicity
Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said Buhari’s sudden praise-singing for
Nigerian youths in faraway Morocco was only a desperate afterthought aimed to
reverse the public criticism he earned himself for his “lazy youths and lovers
of freebies” comment, and not borne out of genuine regard for our youths.
According to the statement, "He should simply
come to terms with the fact that the only expectation Nigerians require of him
is to tender a direct apology for his abysmal performance and get prepared to
leave the stage for a more innovative, and people-oriented president which
Nigerians will elect on the platform of PDP in 2019.
"Unfortunately for the president, our youths now
know better and can no longer fall for his tricks. Every Nigerian is aware of
President Buhari’s disdain for our citizens and sees his reported comments in
Morocco as inconsistent with his known beliefs and dispositions.”
PDP said Nigerians should recall that in a most
recent gaffe, the president described the members of our National Assembly as
idle and unproductive just as he dismissed our youths as unfit to run for presidency
in 2019, even while signing the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ bill into law.
The party added: "Perhaps, this explains why
his handlers resorted to heavily edited statement on the Morocco visit.
"President Buhari should know that a visit to
Moroccan Prime Minister cannot wash away the disgraceful invectives he openly
poured on the energetic and vivacious Nigerian youths at the Commonwealth Heads
of Government Meeting (CHOGM), where most of the world leaders were present.
"He would need another CHOGM in London to remove
his lazy and lover of freebies stamp on our youths. The PDP is aware of the
desperate bid by President Buhari to stop at nothing to beguile the citizens
once again that election is around the corner.”
The party stated that it was important to inform the
president that Nigerian now know his true colours and would reject any design
to take them on a second ride to nowhere.
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