The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over his scathing criticism of the performance of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, in a statement in Abuja, wondered why Makinde engaged in what it described as “reckless executive flippancy, at the expense of the job he was elected to do as Governor”.
The APC maintained that Makinde’s outburst amounts to a disservice to the good people of Oyo State adding that he has failed to prove himself as an effective leader.
It claimed that his lackluster performance as Governor speaks for itself, as it undermines his credibility.
The party noted that instead of prioritizing the needs of Oyo people who elected him to tackle their local issues, he has chosen to divert his attention and squander the state’s resources in pursuit of unhinged 2027 ambition.
The APC thereby stressed that Makinde must know that Nigeria’s scale and complexities demand more than his vain and self-indulgent ambition.
“If Makinde knew how best to keep APC’s influence at bay, exactly why has he not executed that strategy in “protection” of his party nationally? Like the proverbial bad workman that blames his tools, Makinde and his co-confused leaders of the PDP should quit pointing fingers at the APC and take full responsibility for their disgraceful failure to handle the party’s implosion and decay,” he said.
“Makinde’s unhinged 2027 ambition cannot be founded upon his unguarded and unjustified attacks against our great Party or the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that has launched the boldest and most ambitious reform effort in history to transform our country’s economy and build a solid foundation for progress.
“Makinde cannot even speak for the people of Oyo state regarding their future electoral choices or decisions let alone speak for Nigerians. Makinde and his partisan cohorts are only worried stiff that the looming transformation and prosperity from President Tinubu’s economic policies will consign their 2027 ambitions and calculations into the trash bin of political irrelevance.”
APC urged Nigerians to stand firm in support of President Tinubu as the administration’s reform policies begins to yield the desired benefits for all Nigerians.
