The
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur, on Sunday dismissed the All Progressives Congress, as nothing but
a desperate coalition with nothing to offer Nigeria.
He said the APC’s stock in trade included insults, lack of decorum and a desperation plan to take over power at all costs.
Tukur said this in a statement signed by his Special Assistant (Media), Chief Oliva Okpala, on Sunday.
The APC however asked Tukur to tell Nigerians what the PDP had done for them with the power it had held for 0ver 14 years.
Interim National Publicity Secretary of
the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in response to Tukur’s charge,
in a telephone interview with our correspondent.
Tukur in the statement had said, “There
is a desperate political coalition in the country now known as the APC;
whose stock in trade is insults, attacks and lack of decorum because the
party and her members have nothing to offer the people of Nigeria
except only a desperate plan to take over power at all costs.”
He specifically urged the leadership of
the APC to exhibit some sense of political decorum and decency in their
style of politicking from this year 2014.
Tukur appealed to Nigerians to rise to
the challenge of the year 2014 by dedicating themselves to the promotion
of the culture of decency and decorum in politics.
He also advised that such dedication should also be evident in their social interactions and utterances.
According to him, this envisaged
dedication to politics of decency and decorum is the only foundation
that will guarantee respect for the opinions and principles of other
persons, groups and associations.
He also advised politicians to embrace
the politics of decorum in 2014 so as to avoid overheating the social
and religious sectors of the nation.
The party chairman enjoined Nigerians to
emulate the sense of acceptance of divergent views which, he noted,
President Goodluck Jonathan epitomised.
But responding, the APC spokesperson
said, “I don’t think we want to open 2014 with this kind of brick-bats.
Nigerians have clearly shown that they are no longer interested in this
kind of very unproductive politics.
“What Nigerians expect Bamanga to do is to explain how in 14 years the PPP has wasted opportunities to turn Nigeria around.
“Nigerians are not interested in whether
there are rogues or thieves in one other party or the other. Nigerians
are interested in what this political party has to offer.”
Mohammed explained that for 14 years,
PDP rule had been a sad experience for Nigerians at all levels because
it had been 14 unproductive years.
He observed that a visit to any state controlled by the APC had demonstrated how government could truly serve the people.
The party spokesperson
also said what the APC had in store for Nigeria after it formed
government in 2015 had been clearly spelt out in its manifesto.
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