The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to leave office immediately. Reacting to the present harsh economic conditions, the party told Buhari to return the country to how he met it when he assumed office on May 29, 2015.

In a statement signed by its spokesman and a member of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the PDP berated Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeoson, for making light of a serious national dilemma.  The former minister of state for works said the PDP was miffed by the poor handling of the nation’s economy particularly the statement credited to Adeosun that  “recession is a word.” Adeyeye said,

“Is this statement as a result of ignorance, lack of patriotism or in-line with President Buhari’s comment that his ministers are noise makers?

“For the record, recession is characterised as a period of negative economic growth for two consecutive quarters, given rise to high rate of unemployment, fall in output, increase in government borrowing, etc. “Following this understanding, Nigeria’s economy is already near depression. The crass ineptitude and lukewarm-attitude of this All Progressives Congress government is no longer tolerable, and therefore, we are calling on President Buhari and his team to return Nigeria to its state of booming economy before they assumed office in May, 2015, and then quit immediately to allow other capable leaders revive our ailing economy”, Adeyeye said.

He knocked the APC government for always blaming the PDP for their inability to turn things around for the good of the country.

“What Nigerians want from this administration are positive results and not resorting to throwing tantrums on the PDP at every given opportunity.

“Our call for the President to return the country to how he met it in 2015 is justified on the following grounds.

“In 2015 when the President came to power, a bag of rice was selling at N7,000, but now, it is above N20,000; a ‘mudu’ of beans was N150 then and now, it is N500; one US dollar was then trading for N197 but now it is over N400. “Also, a litre of fuel was N87 but now is N145; cost of transportation and other services had skyrocketed. Given our observations since the inception of this government, they have nothing to offer and as such, quitting will be a solution because nobody can give what he/she does not have. The APC has failed.”

“When this government came to power in May 2015 riding on the achievements of the previous PDP administration, President Buhari’s handlers and his party, the APC, claimed it was his ‘body language’ that brought some positive changes the country was witnessing at that time.

“So, we want to know what are the results of the so-called ‘body language?”

“There is no better time than now to make this call for the President to return the country to how he met it and quit. He can even quit right away for a more experienced team to take over,” he said.