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Former Minister of Infor­mation, Prof. Jerry Gana, has lamented that under the watchful eyes of the global community, Nigeria has sunk deeply into a legion of artifi­cially created challenges by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).


Gana also noted that the Naira is perhaps one of the most useless currencies in Africa today, adding that the level of indebtedness in the past few years is such that ev­ery Nigerian is now in debt.


Speaking on Saturday in Abuja at the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP) Critical Stakeholders’ Retreat organ­ised by the Kogi PDP Renais­sance Group in Abuja, Gana said that the level of corrup­tion in the country makes past PDP governments look like angels because corrup­tion is now a thousand times worse.


Delivering his keynote ad­dress with the theme, “Kogi PDP: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” Prof. Gana, a chieftain of the PDP, noted that the degree of suffering in the country is worse under President Muhammadu Bu­hari than at any other time since Nigeria got Indepen­dence.


Urging the PDP to re­claim Kogi State, the former Minister of Information said: “The Misery Index in Nigeria is the worst in Af­rica. The level of indebted­ness in the past few years is such that every Nigerian is now in debt.


“The Naira is perhaps one of the most useless curren­cies in Africa today. I have never seen this level of cor­ruption as we have today.

“In fact, the level of cor­ruption makes the PDP gov­ernments look like angels because corruption is now a thousand times worse.”


Speaking on corruption that has taken a new dimen­sion in this government, Gana challenged the lead­ership of the PDP to send the APC packing in 2023 not only at the state level but at the centre.


Against the backdrop of what the governor of Kat­sina State, Aminu Maisari, said recently when he told his people to bear arms against the bandits terrorising the state, Gana tasked the PDP leadership to think and re­flect on life.


Speaking earlier, the im­mediate past Senate Pres­ident, Dr. Bukola Saraki, described the retreat as a pointer to the readiness of the PDP to put its house in order not only in Kogi but also throughout the country.


He said: “Kogi has wit­nessed change in fortune since 2015 but I am happy be­cause today’s meeting sends a strong message to the PDP family throughout the coun­try.


“We must not forget that our party, the PDP is the land­lord in Kogi that was robbed of victory in the past elec­tions. So, we must set aside our differences in the interest of the party.”

He warned that if the party was not united in the state, same fate could befall it in subsequent elections.


On his part, Hon. David Ina Ogu, Chairman, Kogi PDP Renaissance Group, de­scribed the body as “a consul­tative initiative of concerned PDP members made up of loyal and committed party members who share mutual concerns for the party.”


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