Nothing shows there’s a government in charge of this country – PDP

Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says there is nothing to show that there is a government in charge of Nigeria.

At a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Secondus said the country is in “a free fall”, as corruption and insecurity have been left unchecked.

The PDP chairman said Nigerians have become helpless and accepted to live like “citizens of nations without leader and with no direction”.

“As an opposition party, the PDP has screamed endlessly to high heavens but it’s becoming very clear to all that the ears we are targeting are deaf as nothing on ground shows that there is a government in this country,” he said.

“No attempt is being made from any corner to stem the freighting tide in our land. No effort is being made from any angle to halt the on-going free fall being witnessed in all fronts in the country. Where do we start looking at the state of the nation when all segments of governance have collapsed.

“Nothing establishes the fact that there is no governance in the country more than the worsening state of insecurity. Having exhausted their propaganda of winning the war on terrorism only in their press releases, as reality endowed on all, both the military and political leaders are now helpless and confused.”

Secondus said by asking the service chiefs to resign, the upper legislative chamber of the national assembly proved that the executive has lost control.

“Having few months back advised the executive to sack the service chiefs for having out lived their relevance and re-engineer the military for the emerging challenges, and having watched the security situation in the country grow from worse to worse, the legislators have limited option but to do what they did at least to show the people they represent that they are sensitive to their plights,” he said.

– The Cable