President Muhammadu Bubari, has told governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop giving room for excuses when it comes to the issue of service delivery.
The warning is coming even as the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole demanded that APC governors should be the first to pay the new N30,000 minimum wage and more.
While declaring open the third federal government/Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) parley held in Jos on Monday, President Buhari, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, assured that his government will do everything possible not to betray the trust given to him by Nigerians voters.
“Early in 2019, Nigerians overwhelmingly re-elected me as their President. That election was a referendum on not just my leadership but on our party. Similarly, some state governors were re-elected while new ones also came on board. To whom much is giving, much is expected. It is therefore incumbent on on us to meet the expectations of our teeming population.
There should be no room for excuses and that is where the outcome of this parley, bevomes very critical.”
According to the Buhari, the current administration has remained committed to improving the qelfare of all Nigerians.
The President said the decision to focus the parley on four key sectors, namely; Transportation, health, education and humanitarian and disaster management were commendable.
“Your Excellencies, I must at this point renew my call on the state governments to double their support in the anti-corruption battle as the gains of our collaboration continue to face the danger of annihilation if corruption persist at sub-national levels.
“Going forward we must all work towards building a socially cohesive society in which the resources of our country work for all. We will continue to apply public funds in such a way tnat no section of the country or segment of the population will suffer social exclusion,” the President assured.
President Buhari also assured that his government will do everything within its powers to sustain the current economic recovery efforts, adding that macroeconomic policies will be reinforced to achieve sustainable economic stability and growth.
Speaking earlier, Comrade Oshomhole said: “As progressives governors, let us be the first to pay not only the new minimum wage, but the consequential adjustment arising from that report.
“And I know, please there are some progressives governors that have taken proactive steps to address this, I plead that we give this a priority so that when other governors are fighting to pay, we will say progressives governors have paid,” he said.
Oshomhole, while calling on all Nigerians to support government decision to close boarder, said “it is commendable that the APC led federal government have closed Nigeria’s borders.
“I will want to use this forum to publicly identify and commend the federal government’s decision to closed the borders,” he said.
In his welcome address, the Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, gave the commitment of the Progressives Governors Forum to deliverance of accountable and responsive leadership to all citizens.
“As governors under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), we are fully committed to our vision of providing accountable, responsible and responsive leadership to our citizens.”
At the event, the governors of Nasarawa, Edo, Ekiti, Kaduna, Niger, Jigawa, were also in attendance, while the deputy governors of Gombe, Kogi, Kano and some ministers were also in attendance.
