Stop blaming Tinubu, hold governors accountable for economic hardship — APC chairman tells Nigerians
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Nentawe Yilwatda, has appealed to Nigerians to stop blaming President Bola Tinubu for all economic hardship and other challenges facing the country.
He called on Nigerians to demand accountability from the state governors and local councils for the huge resources being sent to them through FAAC and other interventions.
Mr Yilwatda stated this during the public presentation of “Vicious Red Circle,” a book on human trafficking authored by Alex Oriaku on Monday.
According to him, Nigerians must begin to demand tangible development and people-orientated projects from sub-national leaders, given the significant increase in monthly allocations to states and councils.
He said, “No governor in Nigeria collects less than three times, up to four times, what they used to collect before. None. Who knows that two years ago there was a sharing of about N400bn per month—but today, the last sharing they did was N2.2trn.
“So they can do more for their people. No governor collects less than three times. None. They are focusing now on bigger projects.
\”And to me, this is a turnaround that we need in governors. I would say, talk to your governors. Talk to your local government chairmen. Let them do more.”
While maintaining that the Tinubu administration was on the right track, he expressed optimism that the party would drive the country toward economic recovery.
