You do not have solutions to Nigeria’s problems – Presidency responds to PDP Governors
Garba Shehu, the Presidency’s aide
Shehu said to the governors ”instead, they grasp for more money and mourn their lack of access to social media to spread falsehoods and hate”.
The reports state that the presidential aide was reacting to an earlier press release issued on Monday by the PDP governors at the end of their meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.
The governors spoke against the way and manner the Buhari’s administration has managed some government agencies like the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
However, the spokesman to the presidency said: ”The PDP Governors’ Forum Communiqué was a spectacular demonstration to the people of Nigeria as to why this party and its representatives should not be entrusted with the national leadership of our country any time soon.
”In bemoaning the decision by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) not to make contributions to the Federation Account, the governors appear to believe NNPC can spend the same money twice: once on the petroleum subsidy – which they all support – and then on their States via the Federation Account.
”NNPC is a trustee for the nation – and this means it must manage its finances with prudence and for the long-term to safeguard the financial support it bestows on our country.
”What the governors are asking of NNPC is to ‘break the bank’ for their own profligate political ends.
”Similar profligacy and contradiction are in full view with their call to the Central Bank to appreciate the value of the Naira.”
According to him, this will cause damage to exports (including oil revenues on which NNPC depends) as well as damage small businesses and employment.
Shehu stated that with this, the governors have denied Nigerians of their constitutional right to live and work in any state of the Federation – ”preferring to appeal to ethnic division and hatred rather than support the first practical solution offered since independence.
”Similarly, the governors appeal to each other for more involvement of States in mining and geophysical activities within their States.
”The question must be asked: ‘Why has this taken you so long?’ Such opportunities and States’ powers have been fully available since independence – yet only now the PDP realises it?”
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The aide of the presidency also condemned the views of PDP governors on the suspension of the activities of Twitter in the country.
He made note of governors that had been using the Twitter platform to spread fake news and makeup stories.
”And, of course, the PDP grieve over the Federal Government’s action over Twitter – for it represents the curtailment of their ability to use the platform to spread fake news and invented stories to the detriment of community and good-neighbourliness between the peoples of Nigeria.
”Their statement is evidence if any were needed, as to why the President and the APC ended the PDP’s one-party rule in 2015, were re-elected by an increased margin in 2019, and why their winning trend is set to continue far into the future,” he added
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