The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has
described President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance at the Monday meeting with
US President Donald Trump as embarrassing.
The party, in a statement by its spokesperson,
Kola Ologbondiyan, described the president’s visit as ’embarassing’ because he
(Buhari) completely failed to project the economic interests of the nation
before the American government and the world.
The PDP said the stance by the U.S. that it had
not been investing substantially in Nigeria owing to the unconducive economic
climate under the Buhari administration is alarming but further proves the
party’s position.
“The U.S.would be investing substantially in Nigeria
if Nigeria could implement a level-playing field that we asked for,” Mr Trump
had said.
He however noted that Nigeria’s agriculture,
food security, power and infrastructure would get attention from the U.S., as
well as bilateral trade commitments.
“It was alarming that President Buhari buckled
in bilateral negotiation and failed to address the issue of the drop in the
U.S. purchase of our crude oil, which is the main stay of our economy.
“Nigerians and the business community were
aghast when President Buhari could not market our crude oil to his American
counterpart even when in the course of question and answer session, a leeway
was provided for him, he off-handedly declared that he cannot “tell America
what to do.
“Also President Buhari had no answers to
President Trump’s stance that the US has not been investing substantially in
Nigeria owing to unconducive economic climate under his administration, further
confirming the stand of the PDP that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is
running a moribund economy,” the PDP said.
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