SAN FRANCISCO, February 15, (THEWILL) – The national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Adamu Mu’azu, has declared that the party’s performance in the economic sector would give the party the much-desired victory in he forthcoming general elections.
“Whether anyone likes it or not, it is the performance of the Peoples Democratic Party in the economy that will give us the cutting edge to victory in the 2015 Presidential, gubernatorial and other parliamentary elections next month,” Mu’azu said in a statement signed on Saturday by his Publicity Secretary, Chief Tony Amadi.
According to the PDP national chairman, “Nigeria didn’t just become the biggest economy in Africa by propaganda or by any fluke. It happened because of a deliberate plan by the Jonathan administration to bolster the economic standing of our country.”
Challenging the opposition to a debate on the economy, the very crucial indices for measurement of a successful government seeking re-election in most advanced democracies of the world, Mu’azu said: “That our economy is rated above South Africa is not therefore a miracle, it was the target that President Jonathan gave the economic team led by our Minister of Finance Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and they achieved the objective with flying colours.”
According to him, “It was the economic team that spearheaded the intensification of agricultural solution to the diversification of our political economy from oil to food and agricultural production on a large scale. This is why our country is now producing enough food to feed the nation, exporting the excess and earning foreign exchange.
“PDP controlled states have tapped into the Federal Government food programme resulting in Dry Season farming, heavy rice production in states with natural advantages in food production. Government has also invested huge sums to prop APC states with similar advantage.
“It is the successful management of Nigeria economy that is the reason why investors are pouring in from Europe, America and Asia, particularly China. I want to take the opportunity of this press statement to appeal to the National Assembly to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill, better known as PIB because of the added boost it will give the economy. Our opponents in this election have no clue on economic management.
“The APC has never told us how it will change a winning economic formula that is already on ground and acknowledged worldwide. What they intend to do to our economy is to return it to the archaic counter trade formula that they used to run down the economy when their presidential candidate called the shots at Dodan Barracks as head of state in 1985.”
“They say we should not judge them on their past record, but how else can they be judged other than through the work they have done in the past. The Jonathan administration is proud of its past record and is happy to be judged by it. Why will an Opposition party who claim that they are agents of change not be judged on their past record in government.”
“What change can they produce without reference to their past record? As far as the economy of Nigeria is concerned today, the present administration of President Jonathan is running on a clear record of good performance and should be voted in for a second term.”
