Poverty, Misrule, not responsible for Boko Haram - PDP
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THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday described the Boko Haram sect as a local terror group, just as it said that poverty and misrule were not responsible for the insurgency.
According to PDP, poverty
was not a recent phenomenon in the country “and therefore cannot form the
basis of the sudden wave of criminal attacks on innocent victims, most of whom
live within the poverty bracket.”
The PDP in a statement by its national
Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, however urged those behind the
violent attacks against Nigerians to have a rethink and understand that life
was sacrosanct and that nobody has the right to shed innocent blood under any
guise.
The PDP spokesperson said that it
was throwing its weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan for his
forthrightness on national issues especially the Boko Haram insurgency in his
interview with CNN on Wednesday.
The PDP also agreed with the
President that there has been tremendous improvement in power supply in the
country under the current dispensation.
Metuh said, “ The President is right
and we fully align with him on his position that Boko Haram is not a product of
poverty or misrule as some people are suggesting. We agree with him that it is
a local terror group.
”There have been successive regimes
before this administration but this insurgency increased the same way terrorist
activities are escalating in other parts of the world at this time. So it is
clear that some people are out to perpetrate acts of terrorism in Nigeria to
create a semblance of insecurity as it obtains in other troubled spots of the
world.”
The PDP also said it believes in the
efforts by the administration to ensure the security and welfare of Nigerians
in line with its manifesto and mandate.
The party also commended the President
for the decision to deploy troops to Mali as part of the nation’s commitment to
working with other governments to root out terrorism in the sub-region.
On the power sector, the party said the
President was correct on his declaration that there has been tremendous
improvement under the current dispensation and assured that the nation will
achieve an enviable level of stability in power supply before the end of the
year.
“The President is correct on the issue
of power. We all know that power supply in the country has improved
tremendously under his watch and we have confidence in the President’s
assertion that Nigerians will witness tremendous stability in power supply very
soon”, Metuh added.
The party said the interview once again
shows the forthrightness, candour and simplicity of the President in addressing
national issues.
