The Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party, News Nigeria Peoples Party, and experts have criticized the policies of the ruling All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the wake of the release of the party’s 83-page manifesto.
The APC published its platform last Friday, but the PDP said that the results of the general elections in 2023 will be determined by how well the ruling party is performing right now.
Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s national publicity secretary, said in an interview with one of our correspondents that considering how the country had been run for the previous seven and a half years, the APC and Tinubu had the voters on their side.
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“What is important in this campaign is that records count. In 2023, Nigerians are going to be interested in records. APC is not known to keep promises and that is why they have been referred to as All Promises Cancelled. The party is in liquidation and they are dying in instalments,” Ologunagba said.
The Labour Party leadership expressed a similar sentiment, stating that it was disturbing that Tinubu had the audacity to advocate for improved living conditions for Nigerians when it was clear that he had installed a dictator who made life intolerable for the populace. Even while this was happening, the New Nigeria Peoples Party issued a warning that any infrastructure plans the former governor of Lagos State could have for the nation shouldn’t be based on the exploitative Lekki-Epe Expressway system.
The National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Abayomi Arabambi said, “That is why the Labour Party is surprised that those who foisted Buhari on Nigerians for the second time instead of burying their heads in shame still want to elongate Buhari’s in office by continuing his anti-people policies.
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The Gross Domestic Product growth forecast in the APC manifesto was questioned by financial analyst Kalu Aja via his Twitter account (@FinPlanKaluAja1), which he described as being difficult to sell.
He said, “This is the GDP growth projection of Bola Tinubu of the APC; it’s a straight automatic 10 per cent every year from 2023. Mathematically, this is a tough sell; as GDP grows, growth stalls because the denominator grows bigger.
Political analyst Jide Ojo stated that while the manifesto appeared to be nice on the surface, Nigerians should inquire as to how Tinubu would carry out the pledges if elected.
He said, “How are we sure that there would be no truckload of excuses if he wins and forms a new government?”
A development expert, Aliyu Ilias, said, “Nigerians need to hold these politicians to a particular level (of development). If these politicians do not have a target, it will become a problem for them to achieve it.”
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An Associate professor of Economics at Pan-Atlantic University, Dr Olalekan Aworinde, said that although the targets could be achieved, certain things needed to be in place.
“One fundamental thing is that when the Buhari government first came into power, they also promised us all of these. But how many of these were they able to achieve?” he queried.
An expert and Dean of the School of Business and Entrepreneurship, American University of Nigeria, Professor Leo Ukpong said there was doubt that the APC could turn the economy around based on their seven-year record.
“To move an economy forward from the depressed economy that Nigeria is facing is like moving a very big ship and it takes a lot of time. Nigeria’s economy is saddled with too much debt; our debt level is way too high,” he added.
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