The All Progressives Congress has fired back on the Peoples Democratic Party over the call for President Bola Tinubu’s resignation.
APC described the opposition party’s call as “noxious executive flippancy.”
The party said the frivolous outbursts of the PDP governors, “who are blind to their constitutional responsibilities have not only become their identity but exhibited them as viciously complicit spectators in the affairs of their states and citizens”.
Reacting to the PDP governor’s call on the president and the ruling party to throw in the towel in the face of the ongoing economic hardship in the country, APC national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday said the opposition governors rather than face their constitutional responsibilities have turned themselves into a band of doomsday vocalists, according to The Nation.
The statement reads: “Basking in willful blindness to their constitutional responsibilities, governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a statement, yesterday, advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “throw in the towel” if he can’t govern Nigeria anymore. This noxious executive flippancy has now become a badge of identity for these idle but viciously complicit spectators in the affairs of their states and citizens.
“A federal system like ours operates on the idea of shared, constitutionally delineated responsibilities among the three tiers of government – federal, state and local governments. Effective governance requires collaboration and coordination among all three levels to deliver the promise of democracy to all citizens. By their membership of the National Economic Council and National Council of State, governors bear a solemn duty, where possible, to proffer constructive ideas or solutions to the challenges of governance of our nation.”
Admitting that though the governors like all citizens are entitled to their opinion, Morka cautioned that such right should be exercised against a standard of respectability and reasonableness.
Lampooning the PDP governors, Morka said: “Reckless utterances capable of inflaming passions and social upheaval must be avoided. Likening Nigeria to Venezuela as the PDP governors did in a recent communique, even under the prevailing challenging economic and security contexts of Nigeria, is unhelpful and smacks of unrighteous indignation.”
