The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West has responded forcefully to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) over what it describes as ACN’s persistent criticism of the federal government, saying the party (ACN) lacks moral rights to criticize anyone.
The PDP said instead of junketing about, criticizing every step taken by the federal government, the ACN should rather busy itself with finding solution to the human miseries confronting the people of Lagos State, which they have through their 13 years of misrule turned to the 3rd worse place to live in on planet earth.
PDP Zonal Secretary, Hon. Kayode Babade said in a release issued on Tuesday that time has come for the ACN to be told to face its failures in the South-West, especially in Lagos State, which in spite of its huge internally generated revenue of over N25 billion per month, is not only the highest debtor-state in the country, but parades one of the worst human development index in the country.
“While we agree that government at all levels should be criticized constructively, we must say that a party of fraudsters, perjurers, ex-convicts and document forgers like the ACN lacks moral rights to turn itself to a perpetual critic of every action of the federal government.
“Apart from taking ridiculous loans, awarding 1km of road at over N1 billion and plunging the South-West States into debt, what development have they brought to the States they are ruling?
“Has Lagos not failed? Have they (ACN) not mismanaged Lagos to become the 3rd worse city to live in on this planet earth? Is Lagos not the highest debtor state in Nigeria?
“If the ACN people love Nigeria and its people as they claim, why are they not worried about the human misery that Lagos has become now? Why are they not worried about the state of Lagos and the huge debt they have plunged the state into?
“If within 13 years, Lagos has been ran by the ACN to become the 3rd worse city in the world, only God knows what the entire country would have become if it were to be in the hands of the ACN.
“Therefore, if any party should criticise the PDP-led Federal Government for any reason, that party should not be ACN that plunged Osun State into N120 billion debt and Ekiti State into N30 billion debt within two years,” PDP said.