The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the federal government for attacking its governors who spoke out against what it called the “failures of President Bola Tinubu and the APC government which have plunged Nigerians into excruciating suffering.”
The spokesperson of the opposition party, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement in reaction to the FG’s scolding of the PDP governors.
The PDP said the APC and the “Tinubu administration are responsible for the current biting economic hardship and surging wave of insecurity across the country as they are completely overwhelmed and lack the capacity and competence to lead a nation like Nigeria.”
By seeking to allocate President Tinubu’s statutory duties to state governors, the opposition party noted that “the APC has unambiguously admitted that it foisted on Nigerians an incompetent president who cannot guarantee security and whose administration has devastated our national economy resulting in extreme hunger, hopelessness and desperation as evident in the protests, agitation and rising spate of suicide across the country.”
The APC on Sunday had said President Tinubu was implementing bold and far-reaching reforms necessary for the nation’s economic recovery, sustainable growth and prosperity.
The party, through its spokesperson Felix Morka, was reacting to PDP governors’ advice to Tinubu to throw in the towel if he cannot ameliorate the hardships being faced by Nigerians.
He said like all citizens, governors were entitled to free speech, adding that such rights must be exercised responsibly.
Morka said the reckless utterances capable of inflaming passions and social upheaval must be avoided.