COVID-19 Lockdown: Buhari’s speech is disappointing – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech on Coronavirus as very disappointing.

PDP stated the speech, simply like the pre-recorded broadcast of March 29, 2020, failed to tackle salient problems of pressing issues to Nigerians in their day by day combat in opposition to the unfold of the plague in the country.

Recall that Buhari, in a nationwide address, had prolonged the lockdown in a bid to in addition handle the unfold of Coronavirus, acknowledged as COVID-19.

However, a assertion via PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan said: “It is extra painful that President Buhari may want to now not tackle the instantaneous desires of the humans or supply a trajectory that will take care of their future.

“Instead, Mr. President bored our state with a rehash of international records already acknowledged to Nigerians in addition to guarantees that are far-flung departures from the harsh realities on the ground.

“Already, there are serious agitations and unrests in Lagos, Ogun and some components of the FCT the place Nigerians, who earn their potential of livelihood on each day foundation and who have been locked out from their potential of subsistence and can no longer face up to the pangs of hunger, are turning into restless.

“Our party nevertheless believes that Mr. President desires to shortly retool his method and undertake an all-encompassing mannequin that will take care of the starvation and deprivations, which this lockdown has imposed on Nigerians.”