The presidency has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop playing down achievements so far recorded by President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.
A statement earlier issued by Olisah Metuh, PDP's National Publicity Secretary, alleged that under President Buhari, Nigeria's economy had been damaged in the last three months.
Reacting to PDP's statement, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu said the PDP should rather bury its head in shame for subjecting Nigeria to the "worst economic plunder through corruption"
According to the statement by the presidential spokesperson, "It is ridiculous for any sane government to artificially rebase the economy and claim to transform Nigeria into the largest economy in Africa as the PDP administration did."
He further added that the defeated PDP was artificially manipulating statistics to create the illusion of impressive economic performance record, adding that Nigerians wouldn't have voted the PDP out, if its claims of economic successes with respect to GDP, poverty alleviation, employment generation etc were genuine.
According to Shehu, if the PDP had done well, opposition parties would have found it difficult to defeat it.
"Nigerians no longer face exploitation at filling stations because the government is taking punitive measures against marketers that punish poor Nigerians." he said.
According to him, the Buhari-led administration had successfully blocked leakages and other avenues for corruption while efforts by corrupt individuals to divert public funds to private pockets were being frustrated.
"Once the formal trial for corruption begins, the PDP might no longer have the moral legs to stand on" he added.
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