Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed says lack of capacity and carelessness by the Federal Government is responsible for the present state of the economy.
He said this on Thursday at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat, Abuja.
Mohammed was spoke against the backdrop of the disclosure by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that its projected monthly remittance to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) for May will be zero.
He said Nigeria would be thrown into chaos if the statutory federal allocations to states are not paid.
“The insecurity is too much, the mismanagement of the economy is too much and if poverty is added to it, I don’t know what will become of Nigeria,” Mohammed said.
“We are just living in darkness, it appears that nobody is in charge and somebody has to be in charge and we have to come together to help the federal government discharge it’s exclusive responsibility of providing safety and security.”
He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to work with the governors to solve the present security problem.
“The federal security architecture has failed. I have said it before, he has to work with the governors, he has to work with the local government Chairmen, he has to work with the traditional institutions, he has to work with the civil society. We need information,” Mohammed said.
