PDP in Ekiti slams Tinubu, APC for copying stomach infrastructure initiative

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ekiti State on Monday berated All Progressives Congress (APC), for mimicking Gov. Ayo Fayose's ``stomach infrastructure’’ initiative.

Secretary of the party in the State, Dr Tope Aluko, who made the criticism in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, added that the aping amounted to ``hypocrisy at its peak.’’

He said Fayose’s stomach infrastructure initiative was fully adopted by the APC National Leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Sen. Bola Tinubu.

``Tinubu distributed 2,000 bags of rice, vegetable oil, sugar and little cash to people from various parts of Lagos State on Sunday.

``They abused us for providing immediate succour for our people. They described stomach infrastructure as an insult to Ekiti people.’’

``They said it does not add value to the people; that it diminishes their self-esteem, self-worth and that it denigrates what politics ought to be about.

``However, their party leader in Lagos on Sunday adopted the same concept of stomach infrastructure by personally sharing food items to people.

``After condemning the concept, isn't it rather too late that the APC people are just realising that poverty should be addressed by providing immediate succour?

``Poverty is poverty; it knows no religion and it has no tribal mark; and it affects everyone.

The secretary said that the Fayose-led government would never shy away from the people’s welfare.

``Fayose will continue to run peoples government. He will continue to identify with the masses by putting food on their tables.

``Most importantly, Fayose will provide gainful employment for the youths and assist traders with soft loans so that they can feed themselves’’, the statement said.