http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/11/jonathans-second-term-declaration-scorecard-failure-%c2%ad-apc/


TheAll Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a scorecard of failure the claims of phantom achievements by the Jonathan administration in its almost 60 months in the saddle, saying Nigerians cannot wait to sweep away one of the worst governments to have even presided over their nation’s affairs.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said the President failed to get the usual bounce from such declarations because Nigerians were not the least impressed by the so-called achievements, which have not positively impacted on the lives of the citizens.
‘’Mr. President, Nigerians have asked themselves a simple question: Are we better off today than we were before President Jonathan assumed office, and they have unanimously answered in the negative. This is why your declaration failed to resonate, despite the hired crowds you ferried to Abuja,’’ it said.
APC said having weighed the President’s claims in his declaration speech against the reality on the ground, the party has decided to present to Nigerians the true scorecard of the President in the critical spheres of life, including insecurity, education, job creation, corruption, power sector and poverty eradication.
The party said the areas of insecurity and job creation, which are intertwined, represent the biggest failure of the Jonathan administration, irrespective of its claims to the contrary.
‘’Today, after the Jonathan administration has spent $32 billion on security and defence, Nigeria is not any safer, with thousands of deaths, 221,000 square kilometres of territory captured by Boko Haram, 650,000 Nigerians internally displaced and also a daily harvest of death from ethno-religious crisis, clashes between pastoralists and farmers, armed robberies and kidnapping.
‘’To make matters worse, our once proud and globally-acknowledged military has been brought to its knees by lack of necessary fighting equipment, even with $32 billion spent. One wonders where the huge funds went to,’’ it said.

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