When Peoples Democratic Party started their operations in Nigeria, they had vision and things generally were done nicely up till when former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government ended his tenure. When former President Obansajo was leaving office, he left some good money behind in Nigerian foreign reserves account ($40 billion) and Nigeria debt was almost zero which was a pass mark both to the Peoples Democratic party and the Obasanjo led government but things went bad when Goodluck Jonathan came to power. Under the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, no good investment was brought into the country (Nigeria) even the infrastructures Obasanjo left behind, he could not service them or carry them to the next level. Nigeria became a consumer’s nation, again the money left behind by former President Obasanjo’s government were wasted and later the government of Goodluck Jonathan started borrowing from the international community. Corruption was highly celebrated in the country, mismanagement everywhere and that problem created by Goodluck Jonathan’s government is what the Nigerian people are suffering from till today. The image of the Peoples Democratic Party has already been dented as a result of that, most probably that has been the reason a new political party called Peoples Mega Party was formed. Sincerely there is nothing wrong for any group coming together to form a political party as long as the aim is to better the lives of the Nigerian people. We have heard and seen lots of names that served under the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party with questionable characters, if such individuals are brought again to this newly formed party, then it would lose its value completely. Therefore, Viewers Corner is appealing to these individuals behind this newly formed political party (Peoples Mega Party) to include more youths into the party because if those old names with questionable characters are still in this new party then the importance of forming the party may have be defeated before the Nigerian public. Again one of the reasons People Democratic Party failed was that wrong people were placed in positions and could not deliver properly, no accountability, laws and orders were broken down, selfishness and the I don’t care attitude of the leaders towards the people they were leading, all these gave rise to corruption and at the end the Nigerian economy was completely messed-up.
We assumed that this newly formed party (Peoples Mega Party) was born out of the wrong doings of the Peoples Democratic Party and should show good example for everyone to follow. Recently we heard some Nigerians calling President Buhari names, we appeal to them to have a second thought and think deeply because if the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration had worked well, when President Buhari came to power he would have had a soft landing but when he took over as the President of Nigeria, all he has to do was start cleaning the terrible mess committed by the past government. These things need time to clean up but is just unfortunate that majority of Nigerians are not seeing the damages done to the economy by the past government, this is too bad. Even some people in Nigeria are saying that under Goodluck Jonathan’s government, things were not as bad as it is now, this is very funny and why people were unable to notice such problems was that the past government was borrowing from the international community to finance the economic activities in Nigeria thereby making sure that the Nigerian people as at that time could get things at a reduced price. Such policy was only for a short period of time, therefore we want to remind everyone that economics does not work like that because if Goodluck Jonathan had continued on that part he was trading assuming he was given another opportunity to lead the country (Nigeria), we believe that by now Nigeria economy would have turned into something else. Again, it would get to a point when the people who are lending money to Nigeria would say no until their demands are met and only God knows what would have been the situation of the country assuming Goodluck Jonathan was given another chance to lead.
This little analysis made here was where the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government was heading to before President Buhari took over from him so Buhari needs time to clean up these mess before good things could start flowing into the country again. Viewers Corner is very optimistic that President Buhari is the only President for now who can lead Nigeria to glory, we have also offered some useful economic advice to President Buhari and his economic team. They should go to work as quickly as they could to ease the harsh economic conditions Nigerians are facing, he should always brief the Nigerian people about the economic situation of the country at any given time because some Nigerians feel he is not doing enough economically. We (Viewers Corner), the International and Reputable media outfit knows that he is doing quite well, is just a matter of time and also he needs the support of all Nigerians to pull through.
Source: Viewers Corner News.