Saturday, February 17, 2024 - Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have advised the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu to throw in the towel if they cannot mobilize Nigerians as well as all organs and tiers of government for sustainable solutions to the various problems plaguing the nation.
In a statement released on Saturday,
February 17 by the PDP Governors Forum’s Director
General, Cyril Maduabum, the governors specifically noted that the
hardship and suffering being faced by Nigerians have no tribal, religious or
party colouration, stressing that “a hungry man is an angry man”.
The PDP Governors reminded the APC-led
government of the pertinent need to be guided by the fact that it (the APC)
sought power to solve the problems of Nigeria not to compound them or shift
blame, or grandstand or use propaganda to obfuscate or confuse issues.
The statement reads
“It must be noted that even though Nigeria
is a Federation, there is indeed only one economy.“Hardship and suffering being
faced by Nigerians have no tribal, religious or party colouration. A hungry man
is an angry man. While all tiers of government have a role to play, the APC led
Federal Government has a disproportionate role to play in mobilising Nigerians
and all organs and tiers of government for sustainable solutions.
if it can
not do so or is unable to do so, it should graciously throw in the towel.
Attempts by
the Honourable Minister of Information, APC Governors’ Forum and other
officials of the Federal Government who criticised the PDP Governors’ Forum for
their patriotic intervention should be guided by the fact that the APC sought
power to solve the problems of Nigeria not to compound them or shift blame, or
grandstand or use propaganda to obfuscate or confuse issues.
PDP governed
States are comparatively the best in Nigeria in terms of developmental
policies, programmes, and projects that benefit their States positively,
regular payment of salaries, pensions, gratuities, and minimum wage to their
workforce.
State
governments that are delinquent on these issues are not of PDP extraction. It
is false to say so. Even the food crises are exacerbated by insecurity and high
exchange rate issues, among others, which are largely federal subjects.
The PDP
Governors as stakeholders in governance would continue to work collaboratively
with Mr. President to find lasting solutions to a very difficult situation
created or exacerbated by the APC since 2015. We believe in co-operative
Federalism.
The buck
ultimately stops at Mr. Presidents table as the Chief Executive Officer of
Nigeria, the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the
Federation, the Chief Salesman and leader of Nigeria.
We are not
in doubt that he is trying his best. We only hope and pray that his best is
good enough to take Nigeria out of the woods in the shortest possible time”
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