The opposition Peoples Democratic Party is lamenting the alarming increase in infection and mortality rates of Covid-19 in Nigeria, which they say would have been curtailed if the country had a competent, proactive and transparent leadership with the capacity to articulate a quick national response to the pandemic.
The Party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan says the visibility and failure of the Presidency to personally lead from the front are responsible for lack of political will to check the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
The party notes that the situation had been worsened by some alleged greedy and corrupt political leaders who they say are cashing in on President Buhari’s ineffectiveness to pillage resources meant for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria.
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The PDP describes the situation as distressing insisting that since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria, the President had not demonstrated the desired visibility and has only addressed the nation on 3 occasions after which he remained out of public visibility, leading to lack of effective coordination of the fight against the pandemic.
The PDP argued that President Buhari has failed to act on wise suggestions by well-meaning Nigerians, particularly on the distribution of palliatives and production of homegrown therapeutics.
The PDP however wants Nigerians to note that President Buhari’s failure to make himself visible and personally lead from the front had resulted in the failure to develop a strong all-inclusive and seamless national response against the pandemic; leading to diverse responses by various states and a consequent spike in the number of infections and mortality rate.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
