From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The All Progressives Congress State Assembly Forum (ASAF) has told the Federal Government to desist from apportioning blames but to come up with a workable solution to address the economic hardship in the country.
The APC had attacked the governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who had called on the Federal Government to solve the myriad of problems bedeviling the country.
But, ASAF Director General, Fubara Dagogo, after a meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at the weekend, admonished the Federal Government and governors of the PDP to look inwards toward reaching an understanding to introduce measures that could restore hope to Nigerians
Dagogo, however, warned that Nigeria might soon be classified as a complete death zone, occasioned by paucity of food and other goods if the government fail to salvage the situation
He noted that government at the various levels owe citizens an obligation of welfare and security, adding that they cannot be looking the other way, blaming each while the citizens die over poor policies
He urged the state governors to make adequate use of their State Assemblies who he said are ready to endorse their people oriented policies that could return hope to their impoverished constituents
“We at ASAF believe that this is the time to act and act fast. The federal government and governors must introduce measures using their various assemblies to return hope to the people.
“They must renege from the current trend of attacks, blames and buck passing against each other because all the level’s of government are involved in the untold hardship that Nigerians are currently passing through
“So far it seems like their is no solution to all these, but we at ASAF believe that it is not over yet as governments continue to experiment with the various options on their table.
“The various state assemblies would happily endorse the life saving programs that their governors would introduce because they are really the ones that are closer to their constituents and they also feel the pains of this hardship with them
“Nigerians are in dare need of solutions from government to take us out of the suffering situation, and we believe that the government must think and brace up with the challenges before the hardship sinks the country.
“This is not the time for blames, rather it is time for inwards thinking by government both at the federal and state levels,” he said.