Chidi Samuel || Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that the APC government of President Muhammadu Buhari thrives on lies and propaganda and have nothing to offer Nigerians after more than two years in office.
The former President also called out those he claimed opposed his governments increase of pump price of petrol to N87 naira but kept quiet when the Buhari government increased the price to N143.
Jonathan, apparently hurting from the loss of the 2015 presidential election to Buhari made the comment in his Abuja office while receiving Tunde Adeniran, one of the Chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The former President in a statement by his spokesman Ikechukwu Eze, defended the actions he took in office as President, insisting the PDP did well for the 16 years it ruled the country.
Jonathan was quoted to have said, “Even though some people came up with propaganda and lies that 16 years of the party in government was a waste”.
“My government was severely criticised for increasing the pump price of petroleum from N67 to N97 at a time that global crude price was going for over 100 dollars.”
“The pump price was later reduced to N87 when the price of crude oil dropped and they attacked us that it was supposed to be lower.
“Those who criticised my administration are not talking again now that the global crude oil is about 53 dollars per barrel and the pump price of petrol is N143.”
“We must do the right thing. We must elect a chairman that will run the party democratically,” the former president said.
“We need a courageous chairman that knows that imposition is destructive.
“We need a chairman who by God’s grace if we win election by 2019 when the president makes certain mistakes, he will be courageous enough to correct him.
“We need a chairman that can lead us to victory and sustain that victory.
“What we need is a person that can give proper leadership for this country, a chairman that can lead us to elect good material for the presidency.
“We need a chairman that will bring the proper change and economic growth for this country.”