Senator Imasuen bemons economic hardship, says PDP, APC failed Nigerians

Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District, Neda Imasuen has bemoaned the economic hardship rocking the nation, saying the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have clearly failed Nigerian they both governed for years.

The lawmaker, who is a member of Labour Party told the two dominant parties to admit their failure as Nigerians are passing through untold hardship as a result of their mis-governance, urging them to give way for a new creative political party to govern the nation.

Speaking to journalists on Thursday in Abuja, Imasuen reasoned that the Labour Party may clinch the next governorship seat in Edo State, even as the APC and PDP has nothing new to offer.

“We know how much a bag of rice costs today, beans and garri are not even affordable. In my state people are selling yams, not in tubers any more but in slices, that’s the depth of hardship in the state being instigated by these political parties.

As the forthcoming September 21 governorship election in Edo State continues to gather momentum, the Senator, representing Edo South Senatorial District, Neda Imasuen has urged the incumbent People Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) to collapse their structures for the Labour Party (LP).

“So to begin to perpetuate the government in power who seems not to have solutions to these problems, and we see ourselves going deep into this whole on a daily basis, then we must have something up our sleeves.

“I just believe that the two major political parties that have ruled us ever since must give way to a new party that has something to offer which is the Labour Party. Like the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, the Labour Party in Nigeria will also succeed.

When asked if he’s satisfied with the impact made on his constituents in his one year in the office, Senator Imasuen simply said he’s not satisfied, saying that the needs of the people is enormous.

“There is no adequate healthcare, the schools are all breaking down, we don’t have enough teachers, and when we do have them, they are not even qualified to teach. Our roads are nothing to write home about.

“Most of my constituents are in the rural areas, and they are farmers. Today many of them, I mean over 70% of them can no longer go to the farm because of fear of banditry.

Senator Imasuen, elected under the platform of LP, said the two major political parties lack the solutions to the challenges confronting the state.

“So am I satisfied? No! But we are hoping that with legislation, and by the grace of God, the tide will turn around”, he stated.