...Scaring Away Investors
PRESS RELEASE
The Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) draws the attention of Nigerians to the harmful
consequences of the unabated negative statements from the very father of the
nation, President Muhammadu Buhari, on the economy and the general image of the
country.
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The party
said “it is worrisome that in the last six months, the President, instead of
making efforts to harness resources and grow the economy, has rather continued
to apply himself, perhaps unwittingly, to demarketing the nation and scaring
away investors through negative labeling of Nigerians and unwarranted unhealthy
portrayal of the nation’s economy”.
The PDP in a
statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh on Sunday said
the President’s unwary statements have become very serious clog in the wheel of
progress, eroding the confidence of both domestic and international investors
in the Nigerian economic and social system.
“In the last
six months, our President has only succeeded in discouraging foreign investors
with his continued misrepresentation of our country as a business unfriendly
environment, where most of the citizens are basically corrupt, dishonest, and
cannot be trusted.
“Whereas we
have restated our total support for the war against corruption, we insist that
Mr. President’s unceasing blanket negative labeling of citizens, in a country
where millions of honest and hardworking individuals/firms are genuinely
contributing daily to the development effort, is indeed a disservice and
injurious to the nation and the people.
