The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday described as cosmetic, the symbolic gesture of annual salary cutting by 50 per cent by President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo.
The opposition party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, accused the President and his Vice of deceiving Nigerians, saying the gesture does not in any way address the burning issues of unemployment, worsening security situation in the country and the declining economy.
The party said Nigerians are wiser and cannot be deceived by the president and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) as he insisted that Nigerians cannot be overwhelmed by such gestures.
The PDP insisted that the salary package is a mere drop in the ocean compared to personal allowances and privileges that come to the president.
”While we appreciate the symbolic gesture by Mr. President in ‘cutting’ his N14 million annual basic salary by 50 percent, it should be noted that Nigerians would not be wavered by the N7million annual donation and rejection of official cars, and forget their expectations for the implementation of his long list of campaign promises for which he was elected into office,” the PDP said in its statement.
According to the PDP, Nigerians cannot be deluded by impressions aimed at making government appear to be on course when it has only been a case of all motion, no movement, spiced with unnecessary excuses.
Though the party agreed that one month is too short a time to assess any government, it, however, noted that “when this administration and your party started rolling out premature scorecards of imaginary achievements, it became necessary for us and indeed most Nigerians to x-ray them.”
It said that Nigerians have not been thrilled by such orchestrations as “other leaders who at one time or the other adopted similar stance did not dither or become laidback, but hit the ground running with governance.
“Instead of engaging in pointless propaganda, the APC and the Presidency should be more concerned about the decline in the economy with the continued fall in the value of the naira which has descended from under N200 to the dollar they inherited in May to all time low of N238 even in the face of the President’s promise to bring it to same value with the US dollar
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