The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential
campaign organisation has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of making
promises without any intention of fulfilling them.
According to the Nation, the party’s director of media and publicity, Mallam Shehu, in a statement yesterday, February 5, described as a hoax the president’s claims that he had resuscitated the country’s railways, which have been moribund for over 20 years.
Prophecy: Jonathan Is The Last Civilian President
Shehu said the president’s false claims include his statements during campaign rallies that his government rehabilitated and built about 3,500 km of railways, pointing out that “only about 2,000 km had been rehabilitated and less than 250 km of new track built”.
The APC presidential campaign spokesman queried the quality of work done on these rehabilitations, stressing that the government gave contracts to its cronies, regardless of whether they had the essential skills or experience.
He said: “A railway expert advises that the real test of the integrity of the more recently rehabilitated track infrastructure is when the rainy season arrives.”
Shehu noted that the huge railway contracts awarded by the Jonathan government did not include most of the railway sidings and passing loops, effectively limiting the capacity of the lines in terms of the number of trains that could run on them at any time, thus “making an unviable rail service even more unviable”.
“They also do not say why the railway track rehabilitations, which were supposed to take 10 months, have taken four years and counting,” Shehu said, adding that the claim by the president that work has commenced on the Lagos-Calabar coastal railway line was “another big fat lie.”
He said: “How can they commence work on a project that has no appropriation? How can they commence construction on a project without a signed contract? Or is a memorandum of understanding now a contract? Shehu asked.
The APC presidential spokesman said that while campaigning for the 2011 presidential elections, Jonathan made more promises to Nigerians which were never fulfilled.
President Goodluck Jonathan, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February elections, insists he has fulfilled all the promises he made during his inauguration speech in 2011.
According to the Nation, the party’s director of media and publicity, Mallam Shehu, in a statement yesterday, February 5, described as a hoax the president’s claims that he had resuscitated the country’s railways, which have been moribund for over 20 years.
Prophecy: Jonathan Is The Last Civilian President
Shehu said the president’s false claims include his statements during campaign rallies that his government rehabilitated and built about 3,500 km of railways, pointing out that “only about 2,000 km had been rehabilitated and less than 250 km of new track built”.
The APC presidential campaign spokesman queried the quality of work done on these rehabilitations, stressing that the government gave contracts to its cronies, regardless of whether they had the essential skills or experience.
He said: “A railway expert advises that the real test of the integrity of the more recently rehabilitated track infrastructure is when the rainy season arrives.”
Shehu noted that the huge railway contracts awarded by the Jonathan government did not include most of the railway sidings and passing loops, effectively limiting the capacity of the lines in terms of the number of trains that could run on them at any time, thus “making an unviable rail service even more unviable”.
“They also do not say why the railway track rehabilitations, which were supposed to take 10 months, have taken four years and counting,” Shehu said, adding that the claim by the president that work has commenced on the Lagos-Calabar coastal railway line was “another big fat lie.”
He said: “How can they commence work on a project that has no appropriation? How can they commence construction on a project without a signed contract? Or is a memorandum of understanding now a contract? Shehu asked.
The APC presidential spokesman said that while campaigning for the 2011 presidential elections, Jonathan made more promises to Nigerians which were never fulfilled.
President Goodluck Jonathan, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February elections, insists he has fulfilled all the promises he made during his inauguration speech in 2011.
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