By Ola’Kiya, Reporting
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has slammed Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, over a recent attack on former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He reiterated that the recent outburst by Mr Amaechi against former President Jonathan was devised to divert people’s attention from the glaring failure of his ministry, the Federal Government as well as the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Amaechi had, on a popular television programme, alleged that the money left behind for Nigeria by former President Jonathan at the point of his departure on May 29, 2015 was not enough to run the affairs of the country for three weeks.
He said bandits and all the people that kill do so because of poverty which, he argued, did not start in the present administration.
Onuesoke, who said the Transport Minister’s allegation against Jonathan has no iota of truth, but an attempt to divert the attention of Nigeriams from the failure of the present administration.
He also described Amaechi’s allegation as a move to tarnish the good image of Jonathan and the PDP administration, wondering how it is possible that the money left behind by the ex-President couldn’t sustain Nigerian for three weeks.
He said it was embarrassing that a government that has ruled for over six years was still blaming a government that ruled for only one term.
According to him, when will the present government stop the blame game and concentrate on fulfilling the promises they made to Nigerians?
“How does a two-term President keep blaming a one-term President? It makes me feel they know they have failed hence the resort to heaping blames on Jonathan.
“They keep on blaming Jonathan because they see their failures staring them in the face,” he stated.
“Under PDP, you had a government that listened, had rule of law and you can protest without fear.
“The cost of living was way better, unemployment was far lesser, insecurity was contained to an area, electricity supply and charges were way better.
“But today, you are dying yet can’t cry. You dare to cry, you end up behind bars.
“Egg of 20 naira now sells for 70-80 naira. Indomie of 20 naira now sells for 80-99 naira.
“Pure water of 5 naira now sells for 20-30 naira. Electricity bills of 1,500 Naira, now 40, 000 naira with no light,” he lamented.
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