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Buhari’s regime has never got his priorities right – PDP

The Federal Government’s decision to approve $1.96bn for the construction of a rail line linking Nigeria to  Niger Republic attracted criticisms on Wednesday.

The PDP described the  decision as another proof of the misplacement of priorities  by the President.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbindiyan,    in a telephone interview with The PUNCH, in Abuja, stated,  “The problem of this regime is that it has  never  got its  priorities  right and at the end of the day, Nigerians are the ones who suffer from these poor choices by these people.

“Let’s even look at it from the point of view of the economy. What is the economic benefit of this project to Nigeria. The Nigerian economy,  as it is today, is not in a state to contain this kind of wasteful spending.”

Attempts to get a response from the spokesperson for  the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena were unsuccessful. Calls to his mobile telephone indicated the he was unreachable. A response to a text message sent to him was still being awaited as of the time of filing this report. 8:11pm.

But  a former President of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Malachy Ugwummadu, said the project was a misplacement of   priority.

In an interview with one of our correspondents, Ugwummadu  said, “It is a misplacement of priority  and insensitivity to the needs and plight of the people by  a government that faces imminent and impending strike action by the organised labour centres and civil society partners in response to their illegal and obnoxious increases in the prices of petroleum commodities, the hike in electricity tariff and VAT, all within the devastating COVID-19 period.”

The  Convener of the Concerned Nigerians Group, Deji Adeyanju, told The PUNCH, that the project was meant to loot the resources of Nigeria.

Adding that the project was not economically viable he asked, “What is the Kaduna-Abuja rail project  generating?  Imagine  we take a loan from China to construct rail line that passes through Katsina State to another country; for what purpose?

“Lagos that  has been battling gridlock for many years. Imagine what would happen if there isan  intra-city rail. You can imagine its impact and monthly billions it will generate.”

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