The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Bola Tinubu’s speech owing to the #EndBadGovernance did not address the demonstrators’ demands.
It said Sunday’s address shows insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians.
“The PDP asserts that the speech by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the ongoing protests in the country clearly confirms the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration’s insensitivity towards Nigerians and the very precarious situation in the country,” the party’s spokesman Debo Ologunagba said in a Sunday statement.
Tinubu’s address came days after the protesters hit the streets in several cities across the country, a move the PDP says was due to its prodding of the president.
“Our Party is appalled that despite the fact that it took President Tinubu the prodding of the PDP to speak to the nation, it is distressing that the speech failed to offer any concrete measure to address the excruciating hardship in the country,” the party said.
“Mr. President’s speech failed to respond to the demand by the citizens for immediate measures to reduce the price of petroleum products, halt the fall of the Naira, and urgent intervention in the provision of food items to starving Nigerians.
“It is equally shocking that the speech did not order an investigation into the brutal killing of unarmed Nigerians by certain unscrupulous operatives of the APC-controlled security agencies while demanding good governance, protection, security, and welfare, which are the primary purposes of government.”
