The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday, urged President Bola Tinubu to prioritise and take immediate action to address the escalating issues of insecurity, fuel shortages, and the growing food crisis as the country enters the New Year, 2025.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement, accused Tinubu of focusing on empty rhetoric, false promises, and unproven claims over the past 18 months, without taking real action to address insecurity, improve the economy, create jobs, ensure credible elections, or raise living standards for Nigerians.
Ologunagba highlighted the need for swift and active measures to tackle these critical problems, which have had a significant impact on the daily lives of Nigerians.
The statement partly read, “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congratulates Nigerians on the dawning of the year 2025 and charges President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to taint the new year with an address that will not proffer immediate and concrete steps to reduce the price of fuel, address widespread hunger and provide clear-cut measures to guarantee the security of lives and property in the country.
“This position by the PDP is predicated on the fact that previous addresses by Mr. President in the last 18 months dwelt only on hopeless rhetoric, unsubstantiated statistics, false promises, conjured performance claims and validation of flawed elections without concrete mechanisms to address insecurity, resuscitate the economy, create jobs, ensure credible elections and guarantee better living standard for Nigerians.
“The PDP maintains that President Tinubu must speak to the issues of unbridled corruption, deceit, budget padding, reckless and wasteful spending directed to fund the luxury appetite of APC leaders, insensitivity to the pains of citizens and total disregard to the obligation of government which has made life unbearable for Nigerians under his watch.”
