THE All Progressives Congress issued a warning this morning to Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo State, asking him to quit inciting the people against President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The governor was also accused by the party of seeking to shift responsibility for his “incompetence” on the Tinubu administration by blaming the Federal Government for the appalling condition of Edo roads.
In a statement issued through his Special Adviser on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, Obaseki accused the Federal Government of being to blame for the state’s appalling federal roads and the severe suffering that the populace had to endure as a result of the removal of the fuel subsidy, which caused the cost of goods to rise.
However, in a press statement signed by the publicity secretary South-South Zonal Organising Secretary of the APC, Blessing Agbomhere, the party noted that the Edo State governor has “found a convenient way of putting the blame of his total failure on the less than three months old administration of President Tinubu which came into office with the road map of removing the burdensome fuel subsidy which has become a huge drain on the meagre revenue of the Federal Government.”
Speaking further in the statement, the APC insisted that Obaseki who took over power from a former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, had nothing “to show in terms of achievement in his over seven years in office but is rather flaunting the landmark developmental strides of his predecessor.”
The statement reads, “Despite taking over office in 2008 when the state’s monthly revenue dropped to N1.6 billion due to the world economic crisis while IGR was N30 million bringing the total to N1.9 billion.
“We therefore challenge the incumbent Governor Obaseki to show to the world what impact he has been able to make rather than the usual promises of Memorandum of Understanding which his government has been notorious for signing with fictitious entities with nothing to show for it.
“We call on Governor Obaseki to desist from inciting the people of Edo State against the administration of President Bola Tinubu. We urge Nigerians to be patient as the process of transformation will soon kick off with the screening and swearing in of cabinet ministers which is expected in the days ahead.”
