Chinese loans: PDP condemns Buhari, APC for mortgaging Nigeria

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(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the attempts by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to justify this reprehensible pawning of our sovereignty to a foreign interest.

PDP in a statement on Sunday, said, “Nigerians can recall that our party had on May 28, 2020, alerted that the Buhari administration and the All Progressives Congress, APC, had placed our nation on the international auction market with accumulation of foreign loans under nebulous terms.

“The PDP declares that the APC agenda offends our corporate existence as a nation and grossly violates the fundamentals of our constitution as a self-governing state, which grant no space for any form of takeover of any of our national interests by  foreigners, under any condition whatsoever.

“Moreover, such mortgaging of our sovereignty in a loan agreement is in further violation of the oath of office of the President to protect the interest of the sovereignty of our nation.

“This gambling with our sovereignty amounts to an unpardonable treachery against our nation and the future of our generations yet unborn particularly given the level of incompetence, corruption, treasury looting, as well as betrayal of public trust by officials of the APC administration, which President Buhari had also confirmed.

“The PDP is further irked by the arrogance being displayed by some officials of the Buhari administration who, rather than being remorseful, are daring Nigerians and the National Assembly over the matter.

“The attitude of government officials including the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who instead of taking steps to reassure Nigerians, is referring to ceding of control and ownership of assets in the event of default further raises questions regarding the reliability of the current administration.

“The PDP holds that the  demand for such toxic terms by the Chinese lenders underscores the loss of confidence by the international community in the Buhari administration, whose corruption has made it so untrustworthy that  lenders now demand that we cede our sovereignty as condition.

“As a pan Nigerian party, the PDP declares that our sovereignty as a nation remains non-negotiable.

“Nigerians reject such sovereignty-pawning clause and are not ready to mortgage any parts of our country under any guise whatsoever.

“In that regard, the PDP charges the APC administration to retrace its step and halt every action regarding the administration of the loan until all toxic clauses are deleted from the agreement.”


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