The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as an unpardonable national embarrassment, the appointment of deceased persons as members of various federal boards by President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement on Saturday, said the development has further confirmed PDP’s position that the APC administration is completely confused, disorganized and grossly incompetent, adding that Nigerians can now see the level of recklessness and shoddiness inherent in the management of the nation under the APC.
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There are at least three dead appointees on the list released late Friday by the Presidency. They include Late Senator Francis Okpozo who was named as Chairman, Nigeria Press Council. He died on December 2016 and presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, stated to mourn his demise.
Others dead appointees are Benue-born Catholic Priest, Late Reverend Father Christopher Utov who was appointed as a member, Nigeria Institute of Social Research Board. The cleric passed on in March 2017. Also on the list is Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Donald Ugbaja, who was appointed as a member, Consumer Protection Council (CPC). He died on November 2017.
Reacting to the development, the main opposition party noted that the situation has further exposed why the nation’s economy has been in shambles under the APC and wondered how a government which cannot tidy up a routine issue of board appointment for over two years can successfully take on complex issues of governance.
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“Nigerians can now see why the nation’s economy has been in shambles in the last two years. When we say that this government is completely inept, some Nigerians did not know to which level, but now they do.
“This inability to tidy up a simple issue of list of 209 appointees has completely exposed the extent the APC government is bereft of simple organizational skills to manage a country like Nigeria, which is in dire need of development.
“How on earth can a government that cannot compile a common list handle intricate issues of national planning and budgeting; issues of health, education, aviation, agriculture, infrastructure and management of the huge civil service?
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“How can they possibly initiate and successfully implement national and international instruments for national development in today’s competitive world?
“This also explains why nothing has been working under the APC government. Furthermore, the mix up in the list also exposes the corruption in the APC government.
“The fact is that the government of our dear country has been in wrong hands in the last two years and the situation will continue to worsen unless the nation is rescued from them in 2019,” the statement reads.
It urged Nigerians to disregard the excuses by the APC government and hold them responsible for the woes that have befallen the country under their ‘inept and undesirable regime’.
OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
