The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says Aisha Buhari, first
lady, did not only indict governors when she lamented that things
were getting out of hand in the country.
The first lady said at a meeting in Abuja on Friday that
citizens do not have access to portable water in some states, yet
they have governors there.
In a statement signed by Abdulrazaque Barkindo, spokesman of the
NGF, the forum said governors are working to lift millions of
citizens out of poverty.
“Governors are doing their best to lift Nigerians out of misery
and Nigerians are beginning to witness an improvement in their
standards of living because of the conscious efforts of state
governors throughout the country,” the statement read.
“Public schools in Kaduna state have receive a serious boost,
aged women in Ekiti state are receiving stipends from government to
keep their bodies and souls together, food security has taken the
front burner in Ebonyi, Lagos and Kebbi states, unqualified
Permanent Secretaries have been uprooted in Adamawa State and youth
empowerment has taken centre stage in Ogun.
“That the nation’s religious leaders have to be told by none
other than the first lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, that things are
getting out of hand, is an indictment not just of governors, as the
reporters would like the general public to believe, but of the
nation’s entire political elite.”
“Unfortunately, the haste to paint state governors with one
brush or the race to hit the front pages in this case, destroyed
the message that the first lady seeks to convey. Mrs Buhari was
sermonising on anyone in a position of power or authority to fear
Allah in whatever they do because, according to her, as it is said
in the scriptures, everybody would eventually account for his deeds
before the Almighty God.
“To insinuate, therefore, that the first lady was referring to
governors when she said, ‘People cannot afford potable water in
this country while we have governors,’ erroneously suggests that
only state governors would meet God on the day of judgment.
“It was in the same breath that she said, “We should either
fasten our seat belt (meaning tighten our belts) or do the needful
or we will all regret it very soon because, at the rate things are
going, things are getting completely out of hand. The VP (Yemi
Osinbajo) is here, some ministers are here, they are supposed to do
justice to the situation.”
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