The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has reacted to the statement by the PDP Governors Forum, calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to resign.
In a statement on Sunday, the Minister reminded the
Governor’s to roll up their sleeve and do the work they were elected to do.
He insisted that this is not the time for distraction
instead it is time to prepare for work, support and complement the hard work of
the President and his administration.
He cautioned the PDP Governors not to seek through the back
door of intimidation, what they have consistently failed to achieve by
democratic means, since 2015.
The statement reads in part: “The call is nothing but an
attempt at distraction by people who should instead be busy supporting the President’s
efforts at bringing economic relief to the Nigerian people.
“It is our considered view that the PDP and its Governors
should not be seeking, through the back door of intimidation, what they have
consistently failed to achieve by democratic means, since 2015.
“Those who could not bring transformational change when they
had a lengthy chance to, should not seek to interrupt or distract those who are
busy at work on the presidential vision that Nigerians elected them to
implement.
“The administration of President Bola Tinubu has also, since
inception, generously extended financial support to all the State Governments,
regardless of partisan affiliation.”
In addition, the
removal of the petrol subsidy which, incidentally, was one of the main planks
of the PDP presidential campaign has swelled the revenues of all States,
including the PDP States. To whom more has been given, more is therefore
expected.
The President and his administration recognise the
unfinished business of revamping our national economy kick started by the
administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, through programmes focused on
large-scale infrastructure, social welfare, prioritizing the equipping and
welfare of the military and security agencies, and reclaiming Nigeria’s strategic
place in the comity of nations. Boko Haram and its affiliates, on the
ascendancy in 2014/2015, have since been decimated, and similar bold gains are
now being made with bandits and other criminals.
Nigerians have not forgotten that it was the APC administration
that cleared several liabilities left behind by the PDP government, such as
subsidy claims by oil marketers, Paris Club Refunds, unpaid pensions,
gratuities, and salary arrears owed various categories of pensioners from
liquidated and existing State-Owned Enterprises.
Major oil sector reforms that the PDP touted for years but
could not deliver, passage of the PIB,
new refineries, as well as the revamp of existing ones, and so on are the very
real and continuing legacies of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
All of these have been accomplished without access to the
oil windfall that the PDP government enjoyed for much of the time that it was
in power, and also against the backdrop of the most devastating global shock
since the Second World War: the COVID-19 pandemic.
We must continue to state these facts so Nigerians will know
where we are coming from, and appreciate what is being done in its full
context.
President Tinubu is not and will never be overwhelmed by the
current challenges the country is facing. He will not abdicate his
responsibilities. He will courageously continue to wrestle with the challenges
and surmount them, laying a durable foundation for the new Nigeria that is
emerging.
He has also never shied away from acknowledging the pain of
ongoing reforms, and has seized every opportunity to assure Nigerians that
inside the pain of the reforms lie the seeds of lasting prosperity and national
development.
To the PDP Governors, let us reiterate: This is not the time
for distraction. It is time instead for the rolling up of sleeves, to support
and complement the hard work of the President and his administration”.
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Time has come already for people to us what they were actually voted to do. I think is God's plan to use this ugly situation in the country to turn around Nigeria to an enviable position
ReplyDeleteAPC lead government is too myopic to lead Nigeria into 25 years backward,
ReplyDeleteAnswering PDP still show you lack of competence,
Go back to you campaign promises and see if you have made any impact,
My minister better shotup your stupid mouth and kindly know that PDP led government is best.
Lol, so they should have ignored all the gibberish said by the govs… when you people learn to hold your govs responsible, Nigeria will be better.. making Nigeria great starts with me and you and understanding it gets hard before it becomes soft
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