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Under PDP, Nigeria 'Crawls' Behind All The Progressive World – Tinubu

Date Posted: 25/10/2013

 

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), heavily criticized the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying the country’s economy has been "crawling" under PDP while its members "wash their feet in champagne" and "live to maintain power" instead of solving problems of the Nigerians.

Tinubu, former Lagos State governor, stated this October 23 while delivering the 70th anniversary business lecture for the Island Club, Lagos. He was represented by the governor of Oyo State, Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

ACP leader stressed that Nigeria’s over-dependence on oil revenue and near total neglect of agriculture had placed the country on a precarious level of growth and development. He said it was a hight time for Nigeria to start a new path in the critical areas of its politics, economy, education and infrastructural development, because otherwise it would face rising levels of poverty and political discontent.

He added that currently Nigeria is "crawling" behind all the progressive world, which mainly caused by the lack of strong political leadership:

"We live in a fast-paced world but Nigeria is only crawling. In front of us, progressive development moves quicker than us. With each day, the distance between development and us increases. ... The most troubling aspect of the current state of the union is that we lack inspirational national leadership."

Tinubu wend on saying that years of PDP in power made people see the government as a "burden" not able to help the Nigerians:

"The people see government more as a burden than benefit, more as overlord more than a servant. The ruling party caused this. Most of its politicians are not interested in progress; they live to maintain power. Thus, they invest their efforts in gaining and keeping influence."

"I shudder to think of the state of the nation in years to come if we continue in this limp fashion," the politician added.