The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has taken a swipe at Governor Seyi Makinde over his latest condemnation of President Bola Tinubu's resolution to halt fee of petrol subsidies.
Makinde, who addressed the general public at an interfaith prayer session on the Agodi Authorities Secretariat on Tuesday, reportedly blamed the Tinubu authorities for the deteriorating financial state of affairs within the nation.
The governor particularly talked about that the elimination of gasoline subsidies in Could final 12 months was achieved unexpectedly and on the fallacious time, “inflicting hardship to residents.”
On Could 29, 2023, Tinubu reportedly went past his script to announce that “the subsidy is gone,” an announcement that instantly brought on gasoline costs and transportation charges to rise.
Reacting to Makinde's remark, Publicity Secretary of Oyo APC, Olawale Sadare, urged the governor to shun greatness and be taught to take accountability for his private failure in enhancing the state's financial system after amassing billions of naira to federal allocations. ), loans and grants previously 55 months.
APC mentioned: “We had been ready for a couple of days since Tuesday anticipating Governor Makinde to debunk or make clear the deceptive assertion attributed to him within the media.”, however this by no means occurred. It stands to cause, then, {that a} governor in his second time period has primarily blamed the slowing financial system on a seven-month-old authorities on the Heart, despite the fact that the entire world is aware of he’s a part of the issue.
“Whereas we don’t want to delve into Makinde's culpability within the mismanagement of the nation's petroleum sources, it will be significant that we ask him to rescind his criticism of Tinubu over the brave and heroic resolution to halt fee of gasoline subsidies by the Federal Authorities to place, to withdraw. as a result of it’s established that the coverage was not solely fraudulent, but in addition counterproductive and economically suicidal.
