Following the declaration by the PDP that Nigerians need to pray for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidency last night stated that the immediate past administration left behind a lot of mess to be cleaned up.
The Presidency, on Sunday night, stated that it will take time to clean the mess created by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
This statement was made following the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) signed by the party's National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in its 30-day appraisal of the Buhari administration, stating that Nigerians need to pray for the new administration.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President,Femi Adesina, in a statement, said Nigerians were already on the side of the administration, which he noted was on course.
“It requires scrupulous and painstaking planning to clean the PDP’s Augean Stable,” Adesina said.
“It is amusing to read what the National Publicity Secretary of the defeated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, considers a 30 days appraisal of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
“He wants Nigerians to join hands in prayers for the government, so that things would begin to move. What he does not know is that Nigerians had long formed such coalition. They are hands in hands, and that was what gave victory to President Buhari in the March 28, 2015 poll.
“They had teamed up to uproot an administration that had brought the country to her knees, and was about to tip her off the precipice. And Nigerians have resolved that never would they allow any government to divide them along regional, religious and ethnic fault lines again.
“The Buhari administration is naturally contemplative because there was absolutely no rhyme or reason to the way PDP ran the country, particularly in the immediate past dispensation. That is why the Augean Stable is being cleaned now, and it requires scrupulous and painstaking planning.”