Edo Authorities has slammed President Tinubu for plunging Nigerians into struggling.
PoliticalNews Nigeria reviews that the Edo State Authorities has voiced important issues relating to the present socio-economic state of the nation beneath the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
In a latest handle, Hon. Chris Nehikhare, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, outlined the challenges confronted by Edo residents and Nigerians at massive, regardless of state-led interventions.
He said that the Edo State Authorities has applied a number of initiatives to alleviate the hardships confronted by its residents.
Regardless of these measures, Nehikhare emphasised that Edo residents proceed to endure resulting from what he described because the “gross mismanagement of the economic system” by the APC authorities over the previous 9 years.
Criticism of Federal Insurance policies
Nehikhare particularly criticized the federal authorities’s abrupt removing of gasoline subsidies on Could 29, 2023, which he claims plunged the economic system into disarray and heightened the danger of hunger amongst residents.
Moreover, he highlighted the destructive impression of the coverage to unify the trade charge, which he argues has devalued the foreign money, spiked inflation, and stifled enterprise progress by way of elevated taxation and burdensome rules.
Rising Insecurity
He additionally touched on the escalating safety issues, noting a resurgence in terrorist actions, together with suicide bombings.
Nehikhare attributed these points to the APC’s failure to successfully handle nationwide safety.
Political Panorama in Edo State
Nehikhare accused the APC in Edo State of being disconnected from the prevailing hardships.
He criticized the social gathering for allegedly spreading misinformation and interesting in propaganda, together with baseless fraud allegations in opposition to the state authorities.
The Commissioner additionally took purpose on the APC’s gubernatorial candidate, Monday Okpebholo, questioning his literacy and skill to articulate a transparent imaginative and prescient for Edo State.
“The governorship election in Edo State is across the nook and simply the best way they fooled your complete nation into bondage, they’re hoping to duplicate the identical in Edo State, parading a hardly literate candidate, who finds it troublesome expressing himself in public fora and with out the verve to share his imaginative and prescient for the individuals.
“However you, our Edo individuals are wiser than that. We all know who our associates are and who’re oppressors are and can’t submit ourselves to them once more to inflict the pains and sufferings of those previous few years on our individuals the second time.
“Our individuals are decided to interrupt from this bondage come September 21, 2024 by sustaining the management of the PDP on the State degree. They know that the PDP is the only option for the continued progress and prosperity of the State and won’t permit lies and propaganda by their oppressors to cloud their judgment and cease them from making knowledgeable selections for a greater future for themselves and their unborn kids,” he mentioned.
With the governorship election in Edo State scheduled for September 21, 2024, Nehikhare expressed confidence within the Peoples Democratic Occasion’s (PDP) continued management.
He urged Edo residents to reject the APC’s ways and help the PDP for the state’s progress and prosperity.
“Come September 21, it’s PDP or nothing, and there may be nothing the APC can do about it,” Nehikhare declared, reflecting the federal government’s resolve to keep up its management in Edo State.