Govs must stop acting like emperors, face responsibilities – Oyelese

…says leaders hiding down Abuja portion citizens groan successful hunger

By Adeola Badru 

Former Minister of Power and Steel, Elder Wole Oyelese, has taken a swipe astatine authorities governors crossed the country, accusing them of neglecting their law responsibilities and hiding down the Federal Government to excuse mediocre governance.

Oyelese, a two-time curate and salient chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), issued the informing successful a connection connected Tuesday, cautioning that the widening spread betwixt leaders and citizens could trigger a nationalist situation if not urgently addressed.

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.

“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,” Oyelese said.

He 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 suffering.

“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,” helium said.

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,” Oyelese declared.

He further stressed that the way to genuine improvement lies successful empowering section governments done afloat administrative and fiscal autonomy, urging President Tinubu to guarantee its contiguous implementation.

“Local Government Autonomy is not a governmental favour, it is the lifeline of democracy. Once councils are escaped to function, improvement volition scope each community, and anticipation volition instrumentality to the people,” helium said.

The elder statesman reminded authorities leaders that enactment is simply a ineffable trust, not a privilege for comfort, calling for a renewal of motivation and societal committedness to nationalist service.

“Those who beryllium connected the upland of privilege indispensable retrieve that erstwhile the basal erupts, it swallows the peak.”

“Power is fleeting, but humanity endures. Let our leaders enactment with humility and compassion portion determination is inactive a federation to govern,” helium cautioned.

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