Politics
APC, PDP Rumble Over Poor Health Facilities
By Emmanuel Aziken
The All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were at the weekend engaged in a war of words over the poor state of the nation’s health facilities as claimed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF Mr. Boss Mustapha.
While the PDP saw the statement as a failure of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, an APC support group, APC Mandate Defenders strongly saw the assertions of the SGF as a bitter truth that must be told for the country to make progress.
The APC Mandate Defenders in the statement saw the SGF’s claim as evidence of the Buhari’s sincerity in addressing the issues despite the temptation to be politically correct as a commendable act.
The PDP in a statement issued by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondinyan said the confession of the SGF, who serves as the very engine room of the Buhari administration, further “vindicates our position that President Buhari is running an incompetent administration that thrives only on propaganda and false performance claims, while the nation is left in pains, trauma and agony.
The irreversible lesson which the Buhari administration must take from Boss’s confession is that no matter how falsehood, propaganda, beguiling and deceit appear to thrive, the truth will always show forth at the end
pdp’s ologbondinyan
“He portrays this government as one that is not in touch with national reality but only administers the nation remotely from the comfort of Aso villa, while its cronies loot huge budgetary allocations and merely claimed to have released same for the health need of our citizens.
“If anything, the Buhari administration has only succeeded in reversing all the gains made in the health sector by successive PDP administrations whose robust National Strategic Health Development Plan brought in new technologies and effectively repositioned our health institutions for the good of our people.
“The Buhari administration has reversed the gains of past administration so much even the once celebrated State House Clinic in the Aso Presidential Villa has been largely reduced to a mere consulting center while our National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has became the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of government cronies.
“The irreversible lesson which the Buhari administration must take from Boss’s confession is that no matter how falsehood, propaganda, beguiling and deceit appear to thrive, the truth will always show forth at the end.
Firing back, the APC Mandate Defenders in a statement issued by its spokesman, Ifeanyi Emeka expressed support for Mustapha saying that saying the bitter truth about the poor state of the nation’s healthcare system.
In a statement released to newsmen in Abuja, the group commended the SGF for been frank in his assessment of our healthcare system and recommendations to the leadership of the National Assembly, saying it is better to say the truth and find lasting solution to the poor state of our healthcare system than to live in self-denial while our medical infrastructures deteriorate at the expense of the poor.
The group said Boss Mustapha deserves commendation instead of the bashing and vilification he has been receiving on the social media for being frank with the leadership of our National Assembly who have the power to improve budgetary provisions for our poor healthcare system.
“Truth must be told no matter how bitter it may sound because problem known is half solved, the group said.
…do we want a politically correct statement from the SGF while our healthcare infrastructure remains in terrible condition or do we want frank and true assessment of the situation with the hope of finding solution to our poor healthcare system?
APC Mandate defenders
Asking rhetorically, the group said, “do we want a politically correct statement from the SGF while our healthcare infrastructure remains in terrible condition or do we want frank and true assessment of the situation with the hope of finding solution to our poor healthcare system?
Saying it’s not time for fault-finding or politically correct statements, but time for unity of purpose, realistic assessments and support for the leadership and members of the taskforce against COVID-19 as they battle to contain and eradicate the pandemic from Nigeria.
“We, therefore, call on all patriotic Nigerians to rally-round Boss Mustapha and his team in the ongoing fight against the novel disease.
“In similar vein, while we call on Nigerians to stay safe in their homes, we also call on Boss Mustapha to refuse to be distracted in the ongoing fight to defeat COVID-19.”
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