Minister of State for Finance, Clement Agba has criticised state governors over negative poverty index in Nigeria.
His reactions came on Wednesday, while briefing State House reporters on some of the deliberations that took place inside the Council Chambers, after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. “The governors basically are only functioning in their state capitals. And democracy that we preach about is delivering the greatest goods to the greatest number of people. And from our demographic, it shows that the greatest number of our people who live in rural areas, but the governors are not working in the rural areas.
“I think from the federal government side we are doing our best. But we need to push that rather than governors continuing to compete to take loans to build airports that are not necessarily where they have other airports so close to them, or governors now competing to build flyovers all over the place and we applaud,+ they should concentrate on building rural roads so that the farmer can at least get their products to the market.
“In terms of agriculture, you find out that the federal government doesn’t have a land that they would plant, government has pushed for the Anchor Borrowers programme and that is going on very well but the state control lands states. They are the ones to provide land for agriculture. They are not investing in that.
U are right
Confirmed - ( Truth ) ,
Blame! Blame!! Government!
Ebonyi state governor don jump through the window.
Una dey borrow money dey do waiting people no dey see, all the money way this government borrowed waiting una use am do
But una dey borrow money build too
The suffering of the masses isn't part of their money making venture,this people don't have any plan to for the masses who some pass through things to just to vote for them,we have lot confidence in our electoral system,they are worse then the devil it self.
Infrastructure starts from stomach.
Clueless leaders we have actually
This is coming from a government that lay claim to alleviating poverty with various unverifiable claims. So, building bridges bring poverty? Who made this one a minister for God sake?
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