The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday reacted to Tuesday commissioning of the Abuja – Kaduna Standard Gauge Rail Line Project by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement by spokesperson of the Ahmed Makarfi led caretaker committee, Dayo Adeyeye, the main opposition party accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of appropriating and taking credit for the project which it noted “was
conceptualised, awarded and constructed by the PDP administrations.”
The former Minister of State, Works, under the Dr Goodluck Jonathan administration said, the rail project was conceptualised by
the Obasanjo administration and successive PDP administrations of late President Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan commenced work and built the project to 99 percent completion, saying the only work done by President Muhammadu Buhari on the project was yesterday’s commissioning.
The party further said “the usual rhetoric of the APC had always been that the 16 years of PDP’s rule were years of waste and wondered whether the railway project was also a waste.
“The truth which history will bear out is that the PDP in its 16 years of rule successfully completed numerous projects that substantively changed the infrastructure landscape of Nigeria.
“Every one of those 16 years were years of great productivity with remarkable achievements. This is very much unlike the APC which has already wasted one full year without even scratching one square meter of ground anywhere in the country”.
“If morning truly shows the day, then we can say that Nigeria is now really in the era of waste and stagnation.”
Credit: Sun