N5,000 stipend: APC Senators acting party script’ - PDP

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says
Wednesday’s rejection by APC senators of the
N5,000 monthly stipend, which they promised
Nigerians during the electioneering, underscores
the monumental hypocrisy of their party in getting
to power by means of deceit and false promises
to Nigerians.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in a
statement on Thursday said that the development is a
clear confirmation of the fact that the APC is a party of
hypocrites, who never had the intentions of honouring
any of their campaign promises.
“The PDP declares that it is absolutely obvious to all
that the APC came to power riding on monumental lies
and deceit in making promises they had no intentions to
keep. All they wanted was to get into power and they
achieved this with their lying tongues.
“Indeed, the unanimity displayed by the APC senators in
rejecting the promised N5, 000 monthly welfare package,
especially coming after their party and the Presidency
had made futile efforts to distance themselves from it,
further stresses the duplicitous spirit of the APC and its
reprehensible insensitivity to the feelings and aspirations
of Nigerians, especially the unsuspecting youths, women
and the indigent, who they shamelessly swindled with
false promises.
“From the foregoing therefore, Nigerians should not
expect any sincere action from the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government on the other
promises including monthly allowance to discharged but
unemployed NYSC members, free meals and scholarship
to school children, free houses, bringing the naira to the
same value with the dollar.
“Our position remains that the APC has sufficiently
confirmed to the world that they have a lot to learn on
the leadership values of honesty, integrity, credibility
and forthrightness.
“Finally, we invite Nigerians to note the powers amply
vested on them by the constitution under a democracy
as we urge them to stand on such powers and hold the
APC and its government accountable for all their
campaign promises.
Signed:
Chief Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary