The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has blamed President Buhari Muhammadu for the increasing infection and mortality rates of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
The party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the Coronavirus pandemic would have been curtailed if the country had a competent, proactive and transparent leadership with the capacity to articulate a quick national response to the pandemic.
The Party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan says the visibility and failure of the Presidency to personally lead from the front are responsible for lack of political will to check the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
The party noted that the situation had been “worsened by greedy and corrupt All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and the cabal in the Presidency, who are cashing in on President Buhari’s ineffectiveness to pillage resources meant for the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in our country.”
It described the situation as distressing insisting that since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria, the President had not demonstrated the desired visibility and has only addressed the nation on 3 occasions after which he remained out of public visibility, leading to lack of effective coordination of the fight against the pandemic.
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The statement added: “Moreover, President Buhari 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.
“Nigerians should note that President Buhari’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 Buhari 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.”
As of Sunday night, Nigeria has 4,399 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus disease.
