By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
NIGERIAN governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have charged Nigerian youths who were denied the use of Twitter for almost a year to ensure they vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) out of office come 2023.
Rising from the PDP Governors’ Forum in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday with a communique, the governors also urged the National Assembly to either override the president or make necessary adjustments for assent of the Electoral Act ahead of the 2023 general elections.
“The PDP Governors requested the National Assembly to quickly conclude deliberations on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill either by overriding Mr President’s veto or deleting areas of complaints.
“The meeting advised that the option of sustaining Mr President’s veto would lead to a quicker resolution and would deny Mr President the opportunity to once again truncate a reformed Electoral jurisprudence for Nigeria.
“An early concluded Electoral Act is vital for credible elections.
“The meeting urged eligible Nigerians of all walks of life, particularly the Youths, to register en masse with INEC to exercise their franchise in the 2023 general elections.
“It further noted that the next election is a very consequential election that should be used to end the dominance of very youth unfriendly APC Government; a government that had the arrogance to deny Nigerian youths of the use of TWITTER, a business friendly tool for the young, for over a year.
“The youths should empower themselves to determine who leads them,” the governors admonished.
The communique, which was read by Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and chairman, PDP Governor’s Forum, while describing APC government as a failure “noted that the management of our Oil and Gas resources, the administration of Federation Account remittances have remained opaque, confusing and non – transparent.
“In addition, the transition to NNPC Ltd, under the Petroleum Industry Act, has not been properly streamlined to ensure that the interests of all the tiers of Government are protected, consistent with the 1999 Constitution.”
The commuque further “expressed regrets that Mr President is unwilling, from his recent comments discountenancing the proposals for state policing, to participate in reviewing the structural problems of tackling insecurity in Nigeria and urges Mr President to reconsider his position and consider decentralisation and restructuring of the security architecture as the most viable solution, together with proper arming, funding and training requirements for Security Agencies.”
Present at the meeting were
Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR- Sokoto State – Chairman, Gov. Udom Emmanuel – Akwa Ibom State – Member Gov. Sen. Douye Diri – Bayelsa State – Member, Gov. Samuel Ortom -Benue State -Member, Gov. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa – Delta State – Member and Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi – Enugu State – Member.
Others included Gov. Nyesom Wike, CON – Rivers State – Member,
Gov. Engr. Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde – Oyo State – Member, Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri -Adamawa State -Member, and Gov. Bala Mohammed -Bauchi State – Member.
