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By Modupe Shodeinde
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has reviewed the performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration, stating that the country was heading towards a failed state.
As the nation marks 22 years of interrupted democracy, the caucus led by Mr. Ndudi urged President Muhammadu Buhari to buckle down and take urgent steps to tackle insecurity, ensure respect for rule of law, end corruption in his government.
Also called for adoption of a more inclusive approach to governance and engagement of better hands to manage the economy.
A statement issued by the caucus said: “As lawmakers, our caucus is worried that exclusionist tendencies, trade restrictions, nepotism in government appointments, disregard to rule law, relegation of constitutional order and principles of separation of powers; abuse of human rights, electoral malpractices, harassment of opposition and arrogant insensitivity to the sensibilities of the Nigerian people by the APC administration have occasioned instability, economic crisis and avoidable acrimony that are threatening our corporate existence as a country.
“Poor policies by the APC administration have stifled the economy and put the nation in dire strait with a disturbing 33.3 per cent unemployment rate, a scary 18.12 per cent inflation rate, over N32.9 trillion accumulated debt burden, a progressively devalued currency and collapsed infrastructure.
“Failure of the government to address escalated insecurity challenges has crippled the agricultural sector and disorganised commercial activities leading to imminent food crisis with cost of food and other necessities of life skyrocketing beyond the reach of Nigerians.
“Nigeria, under the APC administration, has now become the poverty capital of the world, ranking 98th out of 107 in Global Hunger Index, with 22.95 food inflation rate and increasing morbidity and mortality rates.”
“As representatives of the people, the minority caucus is worried that our nation is heading towards a failed state
“We, therefore, urge President Muhammadu Buhari to buckle down and use the occasion of May 29 to address the failures of his administration by taking urgent steps to tackle insecurity, ensure respect for rule of law, end corruption in his government, adopt a more inclusive approach to governance, and engage better hands to manage our economy.”
