Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have backed President Bola Tinubu’s decision, saying that the Tinubu-led administration is only carrying out one of its campaign promises. They added, however, that measures would be put in place to lessen the shock of the withdrawal, in response to the widespread outrage over the phased withdrawal of fuel subsidies.
After meeting with the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee NWC of the party on Wednesday, Senator Hope Uzodinma, the governor of Imo State and chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, made the announcement.
Uzodinma claims that the main opposition presidential contenders, Peter Obi of the Labour Party LP and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, both pledged to end the subsidy because it had essentially become unworkable.
Regarding the 10th National Assembly’s leadership, Uzodinma stated that all of the problems will be resolved at the appropriate time.
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He stated: “As a Forum, we are committed to the ideals of the government that is also our party. Because the federal government belongs to APC. It is an APC-led government and everything that is contained in the manifesto of our great party during our campaigns is meant to be done and carried out.
“On the issue of fuel subsidy, all the presidential candidates during the campaigns promised that they will remove fuel subsidy.
“The Buhari government before they left, made us know that fuel subsidy was no longer sustainable. What we are talking about now is the implementation process. How to implement the programme in a manner that it will not be too hard on the people and I think the government is working on it.
“I have confidence in the ability of the current president to navigate through the waters and take decisions that will be to the best interest of our people and the country as a nation”.
“The President has not made proclamation for the National Assembly leadership to be inaugurated. And of course you know, APC is the majority party.
“At the right time, the party continues to convince and talk to stakeholders and collectively the issues will be resolved”, he stated.
