The opposition political party in Nigeria, The Peoples Democratic Party has called the recent trip by President Buhari to the Commonwealth of Nations meeting in the United Kingdom a colossal waste. This they said in a press statement released online by their publicity Secretary’s Mr Kola Ologbondiyan. The statement as released reads:
President Muhammadu Buhari’s attendance of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in United Kingdom, which came at huge cost to the nation, was a colossal waste. Nigerians are not surprised that the President returned last night, empty handed and with no tangible dividend, a development which is the direct consequence of his @MBuhari negative comments about Nigerians and his presentation of false performance indices to his hosts.
While other commonwealth heads of state used the occasion to negotiate businesses and showcase the potentials and opportunities in their countries, @MBuhari only succeeded in de-marketing our dear country and painting our citizens, particularly the youths, in the negative.
The self-serving stance of our dear President, @MBuhari ultimately blocked all beneficial bilateral engagements that could have helped secure the much needed international interventions in those critical areas of our economy.
It is also instructive to note that despite the public outrage that trailed his denigration of our youths, @MBuhari has not offered any apology to the nation, particularly our youths, thus further confirming the disdain in which this administration holds our young men and woman.
Having returned from @Commonwealth18 with nothing but wasted opportunities, the next move by @MBuhari would be to hugely mobilize their spin-doctors with public resources and direct them to inundate the media with claims of imaginary gains in an effort to befool Nigerians.