The APC Chieftain said that the various efforts of the
president in fixing the economy may not be immediately visible to many
Nigerians, if the state governors refused to utilise their monthly allocation
for the benefit of the masses in their states.
He said: “This is the time for state governors, irrespective
of political affiliations to join the president in fixing the economy by
attending to the welfare of the people.
“What the president is doing at the centre to fix the
economy will only be meaningful to the people, if the state governors can lend
a helping hands.
“What the governors are currently collecting as monthly
allocation is more than in enough to lift the people out of poverty in relation
to what the president is doing.
“While the masses are shouting the name of the president at
every slight discomfort, they should also hold their governors accountable,
asking them what they are doing with the improved monthly allocation.
“To set the record straight, the governors have to come out
and tell people of their states the amount they have collected since June last
year and how they have administered the funds.
“In the reckoning of
most Nigerians now, the governors are seen as part of those sabotaging efforts
of the president to lessen effects of the removal of fuel subsidy on the
people.
” We are in a very critical situation in which unnecessary
bureaucracy which can hinder the efforts of the president be suspended.
“Any act of sabotage in whatever form in the civil service
should be rooted out for the sake of the benefit of the masses.”
Oyintiloye, however, urged Nigerians to be patient with the
president, adding that with all the various interventions the president is
putting in place, the country will soon attain the height of desired greatness.
