Following the eventual rejection of the old currency by commercial banks and business owners in the country, the Director General for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Gubernatorial Campaign Council in Kwara, Prof. Ali Ahmad, has charged irate youth in the state to channel their displeasure to voting out the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming general elections.
The former lawmaker made this call in a press statement by his Media Aide, Sulaiman Abdulwaheed Olalekan, Wednesday, February 15.
Prof. Ahmad, however, appealed to the aggrieved youth to embrace peace and calmness in order not to aggravate the current hardships ravaging the entire country, resulting from fuel and Naira scarcity.
The statement said, “We have monitored the viral videos of the ongoing protest in various areas of Kwara State by aggrieved residents over the hardship resulting from the insensitive, poor planning, and lack of focus by the APC-led Administration in the country.
According the DG, the opposition is not unaware that the current developments have crippled the day-to-day economic activities of the people.
“We in the Kwara State PDP empathise with our people and we understand the hardship they are experiencing over the scarcity of fuel and the inability to access cash for their legitimate business transactions.
He therefore admonished the protesters not to allow the peaceful demonstration to be hijacked by people with ulterior motives.
“It is however important that we do not allow the legitimate protest to be seized by hoodlums who might intend to exploit the situation to cause further crisis and endanger the lives and property of residents. That is why we advise that the residents direct their anger to reject the APC and all its candidates at the polls as a way of showing their displeasure with a government that has failed the people on all fronts.
The politician further maintained that the current situation is an evident indication of the ineptitude of the ruling APC, thereby charging various relevant authorities to arrest the situations viable solutions.
“Nigerians will recall that the hardship being experienced now are not only unprecedented but they are also direct products of cluelessness and lack of proper planning, all of which never happened when the PDP was in power.
“We also use this opportunity to appeal to the various government agencies responsible for handling issues of fuel and currency supply and circulation to step up their games, think out of the box and respond positively to the yearnings of the people. They must immediately devise new methods of supplying the new currency notes and fuel so as to make the items easily available for the people. We must alleviate the suffering of the people because government exists to serve the people and continuously improve their standard of living,” Prof Ali added.
