The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in congratulating former president Goodluck Jonathan on the occasion of his 59th birthday anniversary, has bemoaned the way electoral reforms are handled in the country.
According to ceoafrica, the spokesman of the committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, in a congratulatory statement sent to Jonathan, yesterday, said the benefits of the electoral reforms for free, fair and credible elections for which the All Progressives Congress (APC) rode to power has been eroded by the present administration.
The PDP said that the APC had replaced the electoral reforms championed by the Jonathan-led administration with inconclusive elections, electoral apathy, voter inducement, intimidation, harassment, unfair incarceration of judges and squeezing of opposition members by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The PDP said that at 59, Jonathan’s legacies and achievements in academia, politics, governance and social life remained indelible and worthy of emulation by well-meaning Nigerians, adding that the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has done nothing better since assumption in office on the 29th of May, 2015.
The statement said “Your Excellency sir, in less than two years of leaving office, Nigerians are yearning and crying for your return, especially as your successor, who won the 2015 presidential election on the altar of propaganda and lies against your administration, has done no better since he took over from you on since 29th of May, 2015.
“This reversal of your achievements is also visible in all sectors of our economy, as the vibrant and largest economy you left behind in May 2015, is experiencing recession”.
