PDP faults APC’s Manifesto, Says It’s an ”Impossible-to-Achieve Goal”
The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the All Progressives Congress of deceiving electorates with its manifesto, saying they are unachievable goals.
According to the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary who spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the opposition’s promise to pay a N5, 000 monthly stipend to 25 million poor Nigerians would amount to N125 billion monthly and N1.5 trillion every year, is impossible to achieve, given the poor state of the nation’s economy and dwindling oil revenue.
He said: “What is baffling is that the APC knows fully well that this is not only unrealistic but also impracticable in a nation with an estimated budget of N4.69 trillion comprising recurrent and capital expenditures yet they continue to dish it out to unsuspecting citizens in a clear bid to mislead.
”Since its formation about two years ago, the APC has introduced and sustained an unfortunate political streak sustained majorly by lies, character assassination, false alarm, wild allegations, and lately visual simulation, all in the desperation to deceive and misdirect the judgment of the electorates.
”We have with us an opposition party, which has been deploying all manner of schemes to derail and compromise the electoral process.
“Today, if the APC is not instigating violence or threatening democracy and our very existence as a nation, the party is busy procuring criminal hi-tech to hack into INEC’s data-base or clone the Permanent Voters Card (PVC).
”The next day, the same party would connive with some unscrupulous electoral officers to deny non-indigenes in some select states their PVCs while busy making bogus promises to the electorates.
“The APC has also promised to provide free education, daily free meals for millions of Nigerian school children, free tertiary education, free health care and free houses to Nigerians.
”The opposition knows too well that this is unrealistic yet they prefer to brandish falsehood. The APC should explain to Nigerians how they would fulfill their promises with the prevailing 40 per cent drop in national income and dwindling oil price in the international market,” he added.
