Why Buhari is paying condolence visits to violence affected states - PDP reveals

macfranc007 March 10, 2018 Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian newspapers 24/7 David Oladele

The opposition PDP said President Buhari's visit to violence affected states in Nigeria is not genuine

- The party said president has turned his belated tour of violence affected states to campaign rallies

- PDP who noted that through its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan also said Nigerians are aware that the APC has failed

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday, March 9, disclosed the reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari has been visiting the violence affected states in Nigeria.

The party through its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said President Buhari is unconcerned about the real victims of violence in the affected states but rather to campaign rallies.

Ologbondiyan said it was observed earlier that the president was not ready to empathise with the people over the persistent loss of lives and it cried out.

According to him, ''We have said it before that the visits were afterthoughts. We have since discovered that the visits were aimed at wooing voters for 2019 and nothing more. The President does not empathise with the real victims of the violence.’’

''The afterthoughts visits of president are only geared towards mobilising votes from the affected states. But Nigerians are aware the APC has failed.

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''It is sad that the president will be going round commissioning projects when he was supposedly on condolence visits.

''What is the link between cutting tapes and visiting the graveyard? Is there any link between commissioning of projects and the graveyard? We have all seen that the whistle stop trips embarked upon by President Buhari is meant to woo voters ahead of 2019.''

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the government of Plateau state declared Thursday, March 8, a public holiday to enable residents welcome President Buhari on a one-day working visit to the state.

Izam Azi, head of service, announced this on Tuesday, March 6, in Jos, after an emergency State Executive Council meeting. “The holiday will afford civil servants and other citizens the opportunity to give the president a rousing welcome,” Azi said.

Yakubu Dati, commissioner for information and communication, has said that there would be restriction of movement during the visit, especially around areas the president would inaugurate projects.

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