From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum (PDP-GF) has admonished the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal government to quit, if it cannot proffer solutions to the problems confronting the country.
The forum, in a statement by its Director General, CID Maduabum, stated that the hardship and sufferings in the country, under the APC-led federal government, does not know tribe, religion or political party.
The party berated the Minister of Information and Orientation, Muhammed Idris, the Progressive Governors’ Forum and other officials of the government, who had criticised PDP governors over their suggestions on the way forward for the country, after a recent meeting in Abuja.
The PDP-GF had in a communiqué after its meeting last Monday, admonished the government to take urgent steps to address the economic and security challenges bedevilling the country. Regardless, the position of the opposition governors did not go down well with the Federal Government and the APC.
Nevertheless, the opposition governors pointedly stated that the buck stops at the table of President Bola Tinubu, as chief executive of the country, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The PDP governors noted that as stakeholders, they would continue to collaborate with President Tinubu in finding lasting solutions to “the very difficult situation created or exacerbated by the APC since 2015.”
The party stated further: “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 cannot 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.