Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, The National
Leader of the All Progressives Congress, has asked Nigerians to hold the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) responsible for the on-going fuel scarcity
across the country.
Talking to journalists in Lagos on Saturday, Tinubu said
the PDP destroyed Nigeria during its 16-year rule.
The APC chieftain said the PDP
refused to pursue what was necessary for the growth and development of the
country.
He said, “We want to stay focused and redirect Nigeria.
We want to reverse the decay of 16 years. We are hearing comments from the PDP
left and right. We are saying we want to clear the mess they created. For 16
good years, the PDP destroyed the country. We should not be lamenting over
petrol queues today if they had seen what was necessary and done what was
necessary for this country.
“We can’t be emotional and live in self-denial.
They should have done the Awolowo Road and the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. If they
put priority on our railroad, if they put priority on electricity generation
and distribution, we will not be in this mess today.”
Tinubu also discredited the rumour in some quarters that
Nigerians were dissatisfied with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC
government.
He said, “Nigerians are not impatient with the APC
government; they just want to see the direction of the economic policy and want
to be certain of the future. They want to be assured that we will not continue
the leaderless, directionless and hopelessness of the past 16 years.
“The fact is that Nigerians do not want the importation
of toothpicks to continue, we can make toothpicks out of our bamboo trees.
Nigeria does not want to import rice or plastic. Nigeria does not want to
continue in the direction of the past 16 years. What did they leave behind in
our account? Why should certain things that we bring into this country become
our priority? Why do we have to import those things that we can produce? The
country needs surgical operation in the hands of a very honest Nigeria.”
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