The Nigeria Governors’ Forum
(NGF) says Aisha Buhari, first lady, did not only indict governors when she
lamented that things were getting out of hand in the country.
The first lady said at a meeting in
Abuja on Friday that citizens do not have access to portable water in some
states, yet they have governors there.
The forum said the entire
political elite are indicted by the statement.
In a statement signed by
Abdulrazaque Barkindo, spokesman of the NGF, the forum also said governors are
working to lift millions of citizens out of poverty.
“Governors are doing their best
to lift Nigerians out of misery and Nigerians are beginning to witness an
improvement in their standards of living because of the conscious efforts of
state governors throughout the country,” the statement read.
“Public schools in Kaduna state
have receive a serious boost, aged women in Ekiti state are receiving stipends
from government to keep their bodies and souls together, food security has
taken the front burner in Ebonyi, Lagos and Kebbi states, unqualified Permanent
Secretaries have been uprooted in Adamawa State and youth empowerment has taken
centre stage in Ogun.
“That the nation’s religious
leaders have to be told by none other than the first lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari,
that things are getting out of hand, is an indictment not just of governors, as
the reporters would like the general public to believe, but of the nation’s
entire political elite.”
“Unfortunately, the haste to
paint state governors with one brush or the race to hit the front pages in this
case, destroyed the message that the first lady seeks to convey. Mrs Buhari was
sermonising on anyone in a position of power or authority to fear Allah in
whatever they do because, according to her, as it is said in the scriptures,
everybody would eventually account for his deeds before the Almighty God.
“To insinuate, therefore, that
the first lady was referring to governors when she said, ‘People cannot afford
potable water in this country while we have governors,’ erroneously suggests
that only state governors would meet God on the day of judgment.
“It was in the same breath that
she said, “We should either fasten our seat belt (meaning tighten our belts) or
do the needful or we will all regret it very soon because, at the rate things
are going, things are getting completely out of hand. The VP (Yemi Osinbajo) is
here, some ministers are here, they are supposed to do justice to the
situation.”
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