Saraki’s presidential aspiration, a huge joke –APC

The All Progressives Congress has again lashed out at the President of the Senate , Bukola Saraki, saying his presidential aspiration is a huge joke .The acting National Publicity Secretary of the party , Yekini Nabena, said this in a statement in Abuja , on Wednesday .
The party said although it was the right of every Nigerian citizen to aspire to be President of the country , it was concerned about issues of integrity , competence and capability to preside over the affairs of the country .

The APC said it was not unaware of reports that Saraki ’ s presidential declaration was part of a gimmick to divert attention from issues such as the pressure to reconvene the National Assembly .

The statement noted that Saraki ’ s two -term tenure as governor of Kwara State was evidence enough to show the stuff he was made of.

It read in part, “ By virtue of Saraki’ s antecedents , he is an abysmal failure and is totally incompetent to offer himself as a candidate for the leadership of Nigeria .

“ Saraki was a two -term Governor of Kwara State and Senate President in the last three years . What were his performance records in these two assignments ? As Kwara State Governor , was his Shonga Agricultural Programme not a white elephant project in which hundreds of millions of state funds was sunk into ?

“ The infrastructure , particularly roads network in Kwara State in which the present administration remains under his tight grip and political machinations long after leaving office , remains deplorable while state resources is mismanaged through corrupt enrichment . ”

But reacting , Saraki berated the APC and its National Publicity Secretary for commenting on his presidential race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Saraki, in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity , Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu , stated that he did not have a credibility problem as alleged by the APC’ s spokesman .

The statement read , “ The Senate President will not be distracted by the antics of an upstart who lives in Abuja but waits to sign press statements composed for him from Lagos . When his masters show their face , we will debate all the issues they have raised and the ones they may wish to even concoct . ”

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