APC Says Jonathan Totally Failed To Handle Most Pressing Problems In Nigeria

In a communique issued on Tuesday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) attacked the approach of President Goodluck Jonathan to handling the most pressing problems of Nigeria, namely insecurity in the North and the ongoing lecturers' strike.APC Says Jonathan Totally Failed To Handle Most Pressing Problems In Nigeria 
The communique was read to journalists by the APC's Interim National Chairman, Bisi Akande, in Abuja after a party meeting at Kano State Governors lodge.
APC said the state of emergency imposed in the three north-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe had "clearly failed." The party noted that since the declaration of emergency rule, a lot of property has been damaged and a large number of residents have been displaced or forced to leave Nigeria. People "have lost hope in the ability of their country to protect them," APC observed.
The party also said that never since the Nigeria civil war has the country witnessed an onslaught like the attack on key military bases and the Airport in Maiduguri, Borno's capital, on Monday, December 2.
APC assigned the gradual deterioration of security and mounting civilian casualties to the failure of intelligence, political naivety and disconnect between the Jonathan administration and current realities of the Nigerian situation.
APC also blamed the President for excluding elected governors and other stakeholders in the area since the declaration of emergency rule, urged him to reconsider the issue of compensation for victims, and asked  to fully implement the Lemu report.
The Lemu report had called on the FG to ensure all those found responsible for causing instability in the region be arrested and prosecuted.
APC also accused Jonathan of failing to solve the ongoing face-off between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
According to the opposition party, the current impasse has paralysed tertiary education nationwide, which also has the potential to compromise security by creating idle youth and potentially foreclosing their prospects for a bright future.

"Now is the time for the Jonathan administration to show leadership by working with university lecturers to find a lasting solution to the challenges confronting university education," it said.

Besides, the APC criticized the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a number of issues, including the conduct of the Anambra gubernatorial election on November 16.

"Less than six months to elections in Ekiti and Osun with 2015 looming ahead we are burdened with an INEC that has been de-robed in the public eye, unprepared, compromised and does not inspire faith in the electorate."