Govs must stop acting like emperors, face governance — Oyelese, ex-Minister

By Adeola Badru

IBADAN — FORMER Minister of Power and Steel, Elder Wole Oyelese, yesterday, lampooned authorities governors, accusing them of neglecting their law responsibilities and hiding down the Federal Government to excuse mediocre governance.

Oyelese, successful a statement, besides accused immoderate governors of ruling with arrogance and detachment, describing them arsenic “emperors successful democracy” who person mislaid interaction with the realities of their people’s sufferings.

He lamented that galore governors, contempt receiving important monthly allocations, proceed to execute acold beneath expectations portion shifting blasted to President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government.

The erstwhile Minister said: “With the immense fiscal resources disposable to the states today, nary politician has immoderate motivation justification to kick astir hardship oregon walk the subordinate to Abuja.

“It is hypocrisy of the highest bid for leaders who beryllium connected billions to archer their citizens that lone the President tin marque beingness better.

“Across the states, we spot nationalist servants behaving similar untouchable monarchs. They person monolithic allocations yet person thing to show.

“Instead of performance, they constituent fingers astatine the centre, pretending to beryllium helpless. But the radical are hungry, aggravated and watching; their patience indispensable not beryllium mistaken for weakness.”

Oyelese besides condemned what helium called the increasing illness of morality successful nationalist leadership, informing that unchecked corruption, injustice and indifference to the masses’ plight were pushing the state towards unsafe instability.

“When thieves go kings and the instrumentality becomes their protector, a federation loses its soul. Nigeria cannot past connected selective courage.

“The clip has travel for our leaders to enactment with conscience earlier the choler of the mediocre turns into revolt,” helium said.

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