The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the call for President Bola Tinubu to resign by the governors from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party as self-indictment.
The PDP governors said that the hardship and suffering being faced by Nigerians have no tribal, religious or party colouration, stressing that APC “should graciously throw in the towel.”
APC’s Felix Morka, however, said the call was nothing short of self-indictment.
APC accused the opposition party of “wilful blindness” to their responsibilities and “critical inertia” in governing their states.
“This noxious executive flippancy has now become a badge of identity for these idle but viciously complicit spectators in the affairs of their states and citizens,” APC’s spokesman Felix Moria said in a statement.
“Rather than live up to their responsibilities as chief executive officers of Nigeria’s federating units, the PDP governors have turned themselves into a band of doomsday vocalists, raising their voices to deafening decibels intended to drown the groans of their citizens battered by their critical inertia, ineptitude and dismal performance as governors of their states.”
The ruling party also condemned PDP governors’ comparison of Nigeria to Venezuela, calling it “unhelpful and smacks of unrighteous indignation.”
It then targets the Delta State governor for allegedly misusing federal funds and failing to improve the lives of his constituents.
“Has the PDP governor of Delta state even attempted to justify the over 483.57 billion naira federal allocation to the state in 2023?
“Which part or sector of Delta state bears witness to the use of that huge allocation? Delta state retirees have remained desperately pulverized by PDP’s uninterrupted reckless rule since the advent of this Republic in 1999.”
APC added that it is cringeworthy that the same governors that have never justified the massive federal allocations to their states that have perennially stifled and dispossessed local government administrations of federally allocated funds are talking about “bucks.”
APC then demanded that the PDP governors should “practice what they preach” and resign from their positions instead of blaming the federal government for their failures.
“Since the buck also stops at the PDP governors’ table at the state level, they should practise what they preach by resigning from their offices rather than blaming the federal administration for their utter failure to mobilize massive resources at their disposal to improving the living conditions of their people.”
