{"id":259082,"date":"2015-03-04T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/apc-unhappy-with-nigerias-economic-progress-pdp\/"},"modified":"2015-03-04T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T12:41:00","slug":"apc-unhappy-with-nigerias-economic-progress-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/03\/04\/apc-unhappy-with-nigerias-economic-progress-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Unhappy With Nigeria\u2019s Economic Progress \u2014 PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/olisa-metuh-412.jpg\" alt=\"olisa-metuh-412\" width=\"412\" height=\"272\" \/>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as sadistic and unfortunate, the All Progressives Congress\u2019 relentless attack on President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s policies put in place to plug wastages in the nation\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP said the recent bitter criticism against widely applauded initiatives by the Jonathan administration aimed at guaranteeing the economic progress of the nation even in the face of the fall in crude oil price at the international market, not only confirms the opposition party\u2019s general aversion to the well-being of the nation but also the fact that its leaders have lost every sense of positive reasoning due to their desperation for power.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bIn a statement on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh\u200b,\u200b the ruling party said that it is appalling that the APC has become so anti-people that it would attempt to smear populist programmes of government in a bid to score cheap political point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask, why is APC uncomfortable with policies that promote transparency and accountability in the nation\u2019s revenue system? Why are they bitter with the independent revenue e-collection scheme under the Treasury Single Account, which ensures greater monitoring and control of spending in MDAs?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is APC bellyaching over the inauguration of the Automated Aviation Revenue Project and the directive that revenue collected by MDAs should be paid directly to the Consolidated Revenue Fund at the Central Bank for better monitoring and control?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it because of their selfish agenda to pillage the nation\u2019s resources to enlarge the economic frontiers of their leaders; the real reason for their apparent desperation for power?\u201d the PDP queried.<\/p>\n<p>The statement noted that the APC is frustrated and increasingly confused by the successes recorded by the Jonathan administration in security and economy despite the daunting challenges and has resorted to chasing shadows, especially having realized that Nigerians are no longer swayed by its propaganda in the social media and popularity contest abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur advice to the APC is that they should stop deluding themselves with their countless lies and deceitful promises to Nigerians. They should be bold enough to accept that they have no positive agenda and lack the capacity to ensure the unity, stability and prosperity of the nation\u201d, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Insisting on its avowed commitment to transparency, accountability and prudent management of resources, the PDP assured that no amount of propaganda by the opposition will deter and distract it from pursuing its people oriented programmes in line with its manifesto and visions of the founding fathers.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as sadistic and unfortunate, the All Progressives Congress\u2019 relentless attack on President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s policies put in place to plug wastages in the nation\u2019s economy. The PDP said the recent bitter criticism against widely applauded initiatives by the Jonathan administration aimed at guaranteeing the economic progress of the nation even in the face of the fall in crude oil price at the international market, not only confirms the opposition party\u2019s general aversion to the well-being of the nation but &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}