The All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the celebration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following Twitter’s decision to site its Africa HQ in Ghana instead of Nigeria, is a clear indication that the PDP hates Nigeria, and thus, should never be allowed to govern the country again.
The statement was made by the National Secretary of the Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John James Akpan Udoedehe, on Thursday in Abuja.
Despite Twitter having more users in Nigeria than the entire 32 million population of Ghana, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, cites the Social media giant's decision to chose Ghana, as strictly based on the fact that the Nigerian neighbor is a "champion for democracy, a supporter of free speech, online freedom, and the Open Internet.”
The PDP, in its reaction to the development on Wednesday, said Mr Dorsey’s decision is an extension of the failure of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
“This is in addition to infrastructural decay, massive corruption and manifest failure of the Buhari Presidency and the APC to address the escalated insecurity brought upon our nation by their incompetent watch.
“Indeed the decision by Twitter to by-pass Nigeria to locate its African operational base in Ghana is another sad commentary of how our nation, which was hitherto a global investment hub under the PDP, has now been so degraded in global economic competitiveness under the APC,” the PDP spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said.
The opposition party argued that the “disturbing move” by Twitter has further dwindled Nigerian youth opportunities in the tech industry and ridiculed Mr Buhari’s claims on Nigeria’s friendly business atmosphere coupled with its towering unemployment rate and foreign loans.
But the APC, said despite the snub by Twitter, Nigeria remains Africa’s biggest economy and top investment destination.
Udoedehe said Nigeria’s current status as Africa’s largest economy was attained under President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration.
“And our industrious citizens are the ultimate beneficiaries.”
He said decisions of private concerns, particularly businesses, on where to cite operations, were their exclusive preserve and should not be an issue.
“However, for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that mocks the country and its citizens over what it celebrates as missed business prospects, does not mean well and should definitely not be considered as a governance option. It is exhausting and depressing highlighting PDP’s ignominious past,” he said.