…..Describes It As False And Unauthorised By The Leadership Of The Coalition.
By Our Correspondent
The attention of the Chairman of the Media Committee of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has been drawn to the alleged endorsement of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu – led All Progressives Congress in areas of Infrastructure, particularly Abuja – Lokoja – Benin roads which are in a very deplorable state at the moment, as published and circulated in the news media including the PUNCH newspapers.
In a statement signed by Barr. Chukwudi Ezeobika, Chairman Media Committee, CUPP and Fmr. National Legal Adviser Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) made available to PenMaster in Abuja, “the Coalition wishes to use this medium to inform all Nigerians both within and outside the shores of the Nigerian State and to unequivocally state that it has neither authorised nor sanctioned the inspection of such road networks as claimed nor authorised the publication of the purported road inspection as seen and erroneously published in various news outlets”.
On the contrary, however, the Coalition is deeply concerned with the acute and deplorable state of basic road infrastructure across the length and breadth of the federation.
“The failure of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led APC government to provide Nigerians with good road and rail infrastructure clearly confirms the ineptitude and or incompetence of the current administration completely devoid of vision and purpose.
“This failure of the current administration to provide this much needed infrastructure has resulted in the deaths, destruction and kidnappings of thousands of Nigerians on Nigerian roads as bandits, kidnappers and criminals take undue advantage of this to perfect and execute their criminal acts on most of our highways.
“With huge and uncontrolled external borrowings by the current administration and lack of visible improvement in basic infrastructures in the various sectors of the Nigerian economy especially with regards to roads, health, education, electricity and security, the Coalition remains of a strong view that the Bola Ahmed Tinubu – led APC government remains the worst democratic government the country has ever had since returning to the democratic rule in 1999.
