The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use the occasion of the nation’s 60th Independence Anniversary to reposition his government by overhauling his cabinet.
The call was contained in the Party’s 60th Independence Anniversary message issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Wednesday.
He urged Buhari to as a matter of urgency, to address the economic and security challenges facing the nation.
“Mr. President should immediately rejig our security apparatchik as well as his cabinet to inject new blood to effectively manage the affairs of our nation.
“Despite the challenges, our party intensely believes in an indivisible, virile, cohesive and prosperous Nigeria, governed by the rule of law and fear of God,” the party said.
He, however, lamented that Nigerians were celebrating on a despairing mood due to the years of social, economic and security challenges they have lived through.
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Ologbondiyan encouraged Nigerians not to lose hope in the nation, but to remain patriotic and resilient in their various fields of endeavours, serving national interest in spite the odds.
He urged citizens to keep hope alive and continue to work for unity, stability and progress of our nation.
“The PDP salutes all compatriots and wishes Nigerians a happy independence anniversary,” the PDP scribe said.
He said that Oct. 1 represented the sacrifices of the nation’s heroes past in the quest for national freedom as well as the collective determination to live harmoniously, engender good governance and succeed as one people under a democratic rule.
Ologbondiyan said that unfortunately such pursuits had been undermined by corruption and impunity in high places, promotion of mediocrity, nepotism, executive high-handedness, abuse of human rights, and electoral manipulations.
He added the challenge of insecurity, insurgency, terrorism, kidnapping and banditry making citizens to resort to regional and states security.
