Labour Party Criticized Tinubu’s New Year Speech as a Display of Despicable Deceit

The Labour Party,(LP) has expressed deep disappointment at the lack of substance in President Bola Tinubu’s New Year speech.

According to the party, the speech communicated to Nigerians the heightened levels of hypocrisy, deceit, and lack of empathy that have become the guiding principles of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

LP expressed dismay, noting it as disheartening that the President and his aides didn’t find it appropriate to offer condolences to the families of over 200 individuals who lost their lives in the Christmas Eve massacre by terrorists in Plateau State.

A statement signed by Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary of LP, states: “The President’s helplessness in the face of his glaring failure to address the critical issues of insecurity, decayed infrastructure, the collapse of the manufacturing and productive sectors, inflation, and the naira to the dollar exchange rate, which is spiraling out of control, and is written all over the speech.

“There was no word about the alleged massive looting of the nation’s resources by appointees and party leaders in various sectors. Most disturbing for us is the President’s false claim that ‘everything I have done in office, every decision I have taken and every trip I have undertaken outside the shores of our land since I assumed office on 29 May 2023, has been done in the best interest of our country.’ What a despicable form of deceit!

“How does his ill-advised decision on fuel subsidy removal without a plan to ameliorate the suffering of Nigerians translate into an action taken in the national interest? Of what benefit were the millions of the nation’s dwindling foreign reserves frittered away under the guise of attending the climate change summit in Dubai to Nigerians?

“How do we begin to repair the damage being done to our democratic institutions, such as the judiciary, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, among others, by the APC administration?

“While we call for prayers for our nation at this critical point in our history, we will continue to call on the National Assembly to look beyond party lines and ensure that the spirit and the letter of our Constitution is upheld at all times.”

Kanyi Daily recalls that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, had affirmed that the Labour Party (LP) is currently Nigeria’s leading opposition party and will stay that way until 2024.