The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to Nigerians to stand with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the party, saying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not a credible platform.

The PDP had described the New Year speech by President Tinubu, on Monday, as a “harvest of deceit, false claims and empty promises.”

But reacting in a statement on Tuesday, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka, said the PDP statement was a “testament to the party’s incapacity to serve as a sensible or credible opposition party.”

The APC said, “If the status of opposition party were a contested one, the PDP would still miserably fail to pass muster. We urge Nigerians to stand fast with the APC administration of President Tinubu as he delivers on his electoral promise to secure improved living conditions for all.

“Democratic opposition politics is not exactly about being a masterclass of incivility or casting crude aspersions without justification. It is also not about haughty display of ignorance of essential social and economic policy or willful blindness to the administration’s bold and courageous efforts to raise the bar for sustainable growth and development of our country.

“PDP’s nagging irrationality is a blight on our democracy. Both in tone and substance. President Tinubu’s New Year address was measured, sensitive, articulate, highly presidential and an excellent fit for the purpose and occasion it was delivered.

“A New Year speech of any president is a goodwill message to the nation in celebration of the new year. It is a moment for tone-setting of expectations for the year ahead. It is not a policy speech delivered to a think tank. Even that basic understanding of the nature of a new year speech stands elusive to highly deluded PDP.”