Presidency tackles coalition party over pronouncement on Buhari’s burial

*The Nigerian Presidency says opposition party’s latest statement on late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘a laughable tantrum by a poorly amalgamated political contraption desperately clutching at straws for relevance it will never attain’

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

The Nigerian Presidency has said the latest “outburst” from the African Democratic Congress, regarding former President Muhammadu Buhari’s state burial “is nothing but an opportunistic exercise in manufactured outrage.”

The ruling All Progressives Congress also described the opposition party’s statement as “a laughable tantrum by a poorly amalgamated political contraption desperately clutching at straws for relevance it will never attain.”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR

Mr. Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, at the weekend, stated this is not the first time the ADC — in its “pitiful, stuttering attempts at reinvention — has embarrassed itself with hollow, attention-seeking criticisms and press releases.”

The statement noted that a party still grappling with an identity crisis presumes lecturing the President of the Federal Republic on governance, decorum, and public accountability. How utterly ridiculous.

Dare also stated the since its emergence, the ADC has resorted to issuing disjointed press statements on every passing event to remind Nigerians it now exists.

“In its desperation to look like an opposition party, it has now crossed every known line of decency.

“Their latest press release, alleging that President Tinubu’s government is ‘exploiting’ the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari for political gain, is not only dishonest — it is an insult to millions of Nigerians who genuinely mourn the loss of a statesman, and who watched the State Burial accorded Buhari with solemn respect and dignity,” the statement noted.

The Presidency declared: “Let it be said clearly: the ADC is the one exploiting Buhari’s death for political attention, not this government.

“They have chosen to dance on his grave for relevance. From Atiku and El Rufai’s choreographed arrival in Daura — greeted with chants seeking to make political capital from the solemnity of the moment — to this disgraceful press statement, the ADC has shown itself to be utterly shameless.”

Dare noted that for clarity, President Tinubu’s administration is neither desperate nor searching for cheap popularity.

“This government would rather allow its growing list of achievements to speak louder than the noisy irrelevance of groups like the ADC.

“The burial of former President Buhari was conducted with the complete honour befitting a leader of his stature,” stated the Presidential media aide.

He further said: “That is why world leaders showed up, millions of Nigerians tuned in on television and across social media, and even ADC promoters were falling over themselves in Daura, prancing about the Buhari family compound like eager real estate agents scouting new territory.”

Dare asked: “What has this administration done while the ADC howls?

He enumerated some of President Tinubu administration’s attainments as:

1. Naira stabilised, exchange rates harmonised.
2. Oil production up to 1.7MBPD.
3. FAAC allocations increased by over 60%.
4. 31 states, once crippled by debt, are now paying salaries, pensions, and contractors.
5. Naira decoupled from oil market volatility, regaining resilience.
6. Electricity restored to long-neglected communities.
7. Infrastructure delivered: Ogbia-Nembe Road, Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Sokoto-Badagry Road, and more.
8. NELFUND: About 400,000 students benefit from the historic loan scheme.
9. Regional Commissions were established to drive balanced development nationwide.
10. Consumer Credit Scheme launched — a first, laying the foundation for a credit-based economy and attacking corruption at its root.”

The Presidency said: “These are not press statements. These are results. Tangible, measurable, and ongoing. That is leadership.

“What does the ADC offer Nigerians beyond sanctimonious whining? Absolutely nothing.

“If the ADC spent merely half the time it uses on press releases to handle issues from its disenchanted members, the party wouldn’t grapple with many legal problems.”

Dare also explained: “This party is consumed by internal squabbles, facing multiple court cases over its very existence, and reduced to issuing these baseless attacks to cling to the fringes of relevance. “Are these strange bedfellows, ones to be taken seriously? No.

“Let it be said without equivocation: Nigerians are not fooled.”

He averred: “No press statement — however venomous — can erase the facts of progress. President Tinubu honoured Buhari with dignity in death and continues to honour his legacy through hard work, not hollow words.

“Governance continues, Nigeria is stable, and President Tinubu remains focused on delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda, not on dignifying the desperate antics of political scavengers.”

Dare said in the statement noted: “Nigerians should ignore this political noise from an outfit gasping for attention.”

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