The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as shameful that President Mohammadu Buhari couldn’t seal a meaningful deal at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD 7).
In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, the party noted that it was a national embarrassment and shame that President Buhari could not seal any meaningful economic agreement at the conference but only came home with an empty basket and pocket full of promissory notes.
The PDP observed that the conference has shown that no world leader or international investors want to do any real business with Nigeria under President Buhari, “mainly because of the legitimacy burden of his Presidency, arising from the rigging of the February 23 Presidential election, as well as overt impunity, corruption, treasury looting and recklessness that pervade his administration.”
“The multinational had also signed a deal to establish a similar plant in neighbouring Ivory Coast with a Memorandum of Understanding to that effect already signed last Thursday.
“It is instructive to note that Toyota announced that it preferred to cite the plant in Ghana because of the favourable economic climate prevailing in the country; a climate, which has taken flight from Nigeria under President Buhari and worsened since the rigging of the Presidential election.
“This development plainly shows that the time is gone when world leaders and investors embraced manipulated elections and governments that do not have the mandate of their citizens.”
The PDP said it stands with the majority of Nigerians in holding that the only way to save the nation from imminent collapse is the retrieval of the Presidential mandate at the court.
“That is the only way our nation can enjoy the benefit of an acceptable and purposeful leadership, which will return her to the path of peaceful co-existence, political stability and economic prosperity,” the statement declared.
