THE All Progressives Congress – APC, has accused Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State of undue criticism of the President Bola Tinubu administration.
The Oyo State chapter of the APC on Tuesday said Governor Makinde does not have the right to criticise President Tinubu for removing subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit.
“Gov. Makinde holds the record of the only governor in Nigeria who constantly blames the sitting President for his failure to add value in his state. Out of the 36 governors, the Oyo State helmsman was the only one who criticised President Bola Tinubu over the removal of fuel subsidy when he stated that the decision was untimely and not well thought out. This was what he did to former President Muhammadu Buhari between 2019 and 2023 as he distanced himself from Aso Villa on account of ego and thereby denied the Pacesetter state a lot of opportunities for four years,’’ the ruling party said in a statement signed by its Oyo State Publicity Secretary, Wasiu Olawale Sadare.
The APC said that Makinde ‘’attempted to take advantage of the labour protest on Tuesday to heap all the blame for the bad economy in the country on the federal government, forgetting that governors like him were more culpable for the extent to which the quality of life has degenerated.’’
“The Oyo State government has received over N207 billion in allocations from Abuja since May last year, and this excludes the billions of naira accrued to the 33 local government councils which the governor hijacked from them,’’ the statement further said.
“Rather than use the whopping allocations to create wealth, Gov. Makinde mopped up more funds from loans, grants, IGR, and illegal sale of government assets without accountability. So, who then addresses hunger, poverty, and unemployment in Oyo State when the governor always engages in wasteful spending, capital flight, and misplaced priorities?.
