The Federal Government has criticized governors under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for likening Nigeria’s economic situation to that of Venezuela.
It said the governors, by their conduct, failed to live up to their leadership role in the land.
In a communique issued on Monday after their meeting at the Oyo state Governors’ Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, the governors noted the dire economic and security challenges facing the country and expressed concern over the hardship being experienced by the citizens.
Urging urgent action, they said: “What we are doing is giving positive criticism to the obnoxious policies of the federal government but at the outset of this administration, we supported the removal of subsidy, we believed that there were safeguards, we believed that if we took collective decisions, we should go by it; but certainly, we have all seen that it is a free fall for the naira, the cost of living is going high, we are almost on the road to Venezuela.”
Minister of Information and Orientation Muhammed Idris, who said the government welcomed the PDP governors’ call for a bipartisan approach to solving the economic and security problems, berated the governors for failing in their conduct as leaders.
According to him, the government has been doing everything within its powers to address the challenges.
The Central Bank, he hinted, was addressing the problem of volatility in the exchange rate.
