A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye,
has urged governors not to sabotage the effort of the Federal Government on the revival of the economy.
The advice followed ongoing reforms by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the economy.
Oyintiloye, in a statement yesterday advised governors and civil servants to support the Tinubu administration.
He said it was not possible for the President alone to achieve his Renewed Hope Agenda for the people without the support of the governors and top civil servants, who were the engine room of the government.
Oyintiloye said the governors needed to support the initiatives of the President in fixing the economy by utilising their monthly allocation for poverty alleviation in their states.
The APC chieftain said the efforts of President Tinubu in fixing the economy might not be immediately visible to many Nigerians if the governors refused to utilise their monthly allocation for the benefit of the masses.
According to him, “what the governors are earning from the federal allocation since the removal of fuel subsidy is capable of putting smiles on the faces of the people, if judiciously used. This is the time for 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 governors can lend a helping hand. 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.
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“In the reckoning of most Nigerians now, the governors are seen as part of those sabotaging efforts of the president to lessen the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy on the people,” he said.
Oyintiloye, a former member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), also said senior civil servants and permanent secretaries must not allow unnecessary bureaucracy to undermine the efforts of the President in fixing the economy.
He said they should heed the directive of the president, during his meeting with them in which he warned against ineffectiveness and unnecessary bureaucracy that could result in the delay of interventions in the economy and programmes targeting vulnerable citizens.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, said this was the time for senior civil servants and permanent secretaries to be on the same page with the president towards improving the lives of Nigerians by acting with dispatch on matters that border on the welfare of citizens.
Oyintiloye hailed President Tinubu on his directive on a monthly briefing by the Head of Service and submission of key performance indicator reports for his review.
He, however, appealed to the masses to be patient with the president, saying with the interventions he was putting in place, the country would soon attain the height of desired greatness.