COVID-19: Buhari’s Incompetence, Backseat Governance Destroying Nigeria

The @OfficialPDPNig says the manifest incompetence of the @MBuhari Presidency as well as President @MBuhari’s lack of visibility and failure to personally...

... lead from the front are responsible for the failure to check the spread of COVID-19 in our country.

The @OfficialPDPNig laments that the alarming increase in infection and mortality rates in Nigeria would have been curtailed if the nation had a competent, proactive and transparent leadership with the capacity to articulate a quick national response to the pandemic.

The party notes that the situation had been worsened by greedy and corrupt @OfficialAPCNg leaders and the cabal in the Presidency, who are cashing in on President @MBuhari’s ineffectiveness to pillage resources meant for the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in our country.

The @OfficialPDPNig describes as distressing that since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria, Mr. President had not demonstrated the desired visibility; addressed the nation only thrice (each time, after much prodding), after which he had remained...

... out of public visibility, leading to lack of effective coordination of the fight against the pandemic.

Moreover, President @MBuhari has failed to act on wise suggestions by well-meaning Nigerians, particularly on administration of palliatives and production of homegrown therapeutics.

Since the third recorded broadcast, Mr. President had receded into the safety of the Aso Presidential Villa, leaving his inept aides to continue to issue disjointed claims and uncoordinated directives.

The @OfficialPDPNig invites Nigerians to note that President @MBuhari’s failure to make himself visible and personally lead from the front had resulted in the failure to develop a strong all-inclusive and seamless national response against the pandemic;...

... leading to diverse responses by various states and a consequent spike in spread and mortality rates.

President @MBuhari had woefully failed to spur and lead a strong teamwork of federal, state governments and the organized private sector for a proactive response that would have checked the spread of the pandemic in our country.

The party observed that President @MBuhari’s backseat approach had also encouraged the reckless pillaging of COVID-19 palliatives by his officials, leaving majority of poor and vulnerable Nigerians unattended to;...

... a principal factor responsible for the general poor compliance to lockdown directives in major cities.

The @OfficialPDPNig laments that given that Mr. President is working from a blind spot due to his narrow involvement in the fight, his reopening of the economy without any post-lockdown stimulus had further worsened the situation as the resultant...

... economic stampede had led to massive violation of health safety and social distancing protocols.

Furthermore, our party holds that Mr. President’s failure is also responsible for our nation’s inability to rally indigenous researchers, manufactures, virologists and healers for homegrown solutions, which would have arrested the situation in our country.