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Peoples Democratic Party has expressed its disappointment over the APC engagement of a foreign media company,AKPD Message and Media ahead of the 2015 elections.
According to PUNCH,the ruling party called on Nigerians to resist this, which it said was an attempt by the opposition party to throw the nation back to imperialism, 54 years after independence.
The APC had claimed in a statement by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that the appointment of the consultant, who had worked for the election of US President Barak Obama was aimed at bossing the electoral chances of the party.
But a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said this was not only a clear justification of its stand that the APC was anti-Nigeria and that the action was another insult on the hard working citizens of our dear country.
Metuh said, “In engaging the services of a foreign firm, the APC has shown that it does not have faith in our people, our indigenous consultancy firms and the teeming well qualified, world acclaimed Nigerian professionals and technocrats.
“Just as the leopard cannot change its spots so also is the APC unable to hide its true colour as an anti-people organisation, tied to the apron string of foreign interests in utter disdain for fellow Nigerians and the age long clamour for local content.”
He alleged that the APC has an inner contempt for Nigerians, adding that its latest action was not only an affront to nationalism but a weird embrace of neo-colonialism at a time national pride and assertiveness have assumed a rule of engagement in global politics.
He said, “We are afraid that neo-colonialism is the guiding ethos of the APC’s quest to rule Nigeria. It is now apparent that the leadership of this opposition party may have perfected plans to use same foreign interests to siphon national resources and reverse the pro-national socio-economic foundation laid by the founding fathers of Nigeria.”
According to Metuh , there was no way the APC could justify its action, which he termed as a crime against the Nigerian people.
He said, “Nigerians are discerning enough to see the clever attempt to cover this monumental insult by dropping the name of President Obama, who was duly re-elected by the popular votes of the people of the United States as a beneficiary of this consultancy service.
This ulterior motive of the APC explains the reason it has mindlessly been opposing and attacking all the people oriented projects and policies of the PDP-led Federal Government which have enthroned an unprecedented empowerment of indigenous firms, an economic agenda strongly embedded in the manifesto of our great party, seeking the transfer wealth from public institutions to the private sector.”
According to PUNCH,the ruling party called on Nigerians to resist this, which it said was an attempt by the opposition party to throw the nation back to imperialism, 54 years after independence.
The APC had claimed in a statement by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that the appointment of the consultant, who had worked for the election of US President Barak Obama was aimed at bossing the electoral chances of the party.
But a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said this was not only a clear justification of its stand that the APC was anti-Nigeria and that the action was another insult on the hard working citizens of our dear country.
Metuh said, “In engaging the services of a foreign firm, the APC has shown that it does not have faith in our people, our indigenous consultancy firms and the teeming well qualified, world acclaimed Nigerian professionals and technocrats.
“Just as the leopard cannot change its spots so also is the APC unable to hide its true colour as an anti-people organisation, tied to the apron string of foreign interests in utter disdain for fellow Nigerians and the age long clamour for local content.”
He alleged that the APC has an inner contempt for Nigerians, adding that its latest action was not only an affront to nationalism but a weird embrace of neo-colonialism at a time national pride and assertiveness have assumed a rule of engagement in global politics.
He said, “We are afraid that neo-colonialism is the guiding ethos of the APC’s quest to rule Nigeria. It is now apparent that the leadership of this opposition party may have perfected plans to use same foreign interests to siphon national resources and reverse the pro-national socio-economic foundation laid by the founding fathers of Nigeria.”
According to Metuh , there was no way the APC could justify its action, which he termed as a crime against the Nigerian people.
He said, “Nigerians are discerning enough to see the clever attempt to cover this monumental insult by dropping the name of President Obama, who was duly re-elected by the popular votes of the people of the United States as a beneficiary of this consultancy service.
This ulterior motive of the APC explains the reason it has mindlessly been opposing and attacking all the people oriented projects and policies of the PDP-led Federal Government which have enthroned an unprecedented empowerment of indigenous firms, an economic agenda strongly embedded in the manifesto of our great party, seeking the transfer wealth from public institutions to the private sector.”
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