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US Visa Ban: Buhari Takes Blame For Nigeria’s Predicament. See Reasons

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has, without mincing words, alleged that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Presidency and the All Progressives Congress, APC, are the brains behind the unfolding mishaps Nigerians have been subjected to, hence the negative impacts of the travel sanctions imposed on the country by the United States, U.S.

PDP, on Saturday, amidst regrets, described the sanction as another huge misfortune incited by the Buhari led government, and the APC, lamenting that it has continued to wreck on Nigeria with its compromised handling of security issues, in addition to escalated bloodletting and human rights violation under their watch.

It would be recalled that the US President, Donald Trump, had imposed a visa ban on Nigeria alongside five other countries, a proclamation which was signed on Friday and is expected to take effect on February 22.

The PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan stated in the statement that the effects of the travel ban would jeopardise the economic, educational, and healthcare opportunities in the country; hurt family and social ties as well as further put pressure on Nigeria’s economy.

The release reads partly: “More depressing is that the APC and the Buhari Presidency have been reversing diplomatic gains achieved by previous administrations while gradually pitching our nation against other countries of the world with its poor record on security, corruption and human right issues.

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“Our party is worried that our nation that, has become a global destination and investment hub under the PDP, is now being pushed back to a pariah status under the incompetent and divisive APC, as reports from other members of the international community, including credible international organizations, have continued to raise concerns on security and human right issues under the Buhari administration.”

Furthermore, the opposition party recounted that just recently, Nigeria was rated the third country with the highest level of terrorism in the world.

“Only recently, our nation was rated as third country with the highest level of terrorism in 2019 after Iran and Afghanistan, in the Global Terrorism Index rating by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).

“This is in addition to damning reports by reputable organizations including Amnesty International (AI), Transparency International (TI), European Union (EU), United States Department of State among others, which in various independent reports, raised grave issues of escalated corruption, violation of human rights, disregard to rule of law, abuse of processes, election rigging and poor handling of security issues under the APC.”

PDP reprimanded the APC-led federal government for being complacent towards the protection of the lives of the citizenry, reiterating that the Buhari led government has failed in ensuring security in the country and rejig the country’s Security Chiefs.

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“The APC administration has failed to rejig its security high command despite the calls by Nigerians, in the face of worsening security challenges and mass killings in our country under their charge.

“It is also worrisome that the APC-led administration had failed to take a decisive step to apprehend and prosecute perpetrators of acts of terrorism including the mass killings in Benue, Nasarawa, Bauchi, Taraba, Kogi, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Ekiti, Kogi and other parts of the country under the current administration,” the party said.

Moreso, PDP restated that such failures by the APC had continued to bolster insurgents, bandits and kidnappers to continue to launch deadly attacks on Nigerians.

“Moreover, the APC have failed to account for hoodlums and political mercenaries it imported from neighboring countries to assist in unleashing violence on Nigerians during the heavily rigged 2019 general
elections.

“The PDP, therefore, urge the National Assembly not to relent in its efforts to take decisive action on security, as the travel ban is a wake-up call on our leaders and all critical stakeholders to address the issues at stake.

“We, however, called on the United States to ensure that the ban does not hurt innocent Nigerians who are also bearing the brunt of the poor handling of security in our country under the APC administration,” the statement added.

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