All Progressives Congress (APC) has chided President Goodluck Jonathan for not visiting Yobe state one month after the killing of some students by Boko Haram.
The party advised that since the President’s planned return from his “latest foray abroad on Tuesday coincides with the first month of the killings,” he should fly straight to Yobe.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohanmed, the party reminded the President that he has not yet visited Yobe state, one month after the dastardly killing of many schoolchildren in the state, to commiserate with the government and the bereaved families.
“As we said in our earlier statement on this issue on March 10, ‘far from being a mere formality, such a visit will provide great succour to the families of the victims, reassure them and other residents of the state that their government has not abandoned them to their fate, and also serve as a morale booster for our gallant troops who are battling the terrorists, against all odds’,” it said.
APC reminded the President that since the killings, he has hosted “a wasteful centennial celebration, travelled across Nigeria to illegally kick-start his campaign for the 2015 elections and journeyed to Namibia, Italy and The Netherlands, in a needless junketing that belies the massive security problems facing the country.”
”Mr. President, charity begins at home. You cannot be engaging in photo-ops abroad when your country is burning,” the party said.
It said President Jonathan’s insensitive junketing and law-breaking campaign rallies across Nigeria best illustrate the old saying ”Nero fiddling while Rome burns”.
”If however the President has any reason why he does not want to visit the scene of the gruesome murders to commiserate with the bereaved families, he should tell Nigerians who have continued to wonder why he has been avoiding the state,” it added.
