The Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation (MDPCO), under the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), has described the three-day warning strike embarked upon by workers as a referendum on the present administration
While asserting that a Makinde-Daura presidency, with its blueprint for economic recovery, would lead the nation out of its present situation, the campaign council said the strike further highlighted the “ills of the anti-people policies of the Tinubu-led administration and the harsh realities they have brought to everyday life in Nigeria”
Richard Ihediwa, Director of Strategic Communications of the campaign, said the prevailing situation showed that President Tinubu “obviously has no answers to the problems brought to our nation by his administration”
“The warning strike is a direct referendum on a failed government; a stark measure of how ill-conceived and ill-implemented economic policies have triggered widespread poverty in Nigeria
“It also raises a fundamental moral and political question about President Tinubu’s quest for a second term We ask, how can a government that failed to shield its citizens from the consequences of its policies, credibly ask the same citizens to renew its mandate?
“It is apparent that a government where capital budget implementation has been abysmally delayed and repeatedly rolled over for three consecutive years, amidst ceaseless borrowing, diminishing transparency and accountability; amidst unfulfilled promises and running in the background of elusive gains of subsidy removal, should not expect any votes from Nigerians”
The APM said the continued celebration by the APC government of supposed gains from its economic reforms, when those claimed gains remained largely invisible in the daily lives of average Nigerians, was “self-delusional”
“When wages lose value, the cost of living keeps rising and workers barely survive, government statistics and celebratory claims become meaningless
“What Nigerians need are people-based economic reforms with transparent social safety nets; reforms that protect livelihoods and ensure that Nigeria does not disappear under the burden of economic reforms
“By every reasonable measure of good governance, President Tinubu has failed a basic test Nigerians cannot afford to promote failure. They deserve a government that has the capacity and integrity to deliver results,” Ihediwa said.
The statement said the proposed Makinde-Daura presidency, through its RESET Nigeria Agenda, offered Nigerians “a clear alternative with well-thought-out, data-driven and people-friendly policies anchored on inclusiveness, intensive national production, adequate security, transparency and accountability in governance”