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PDP Governors Lobbying To Be In Buhari’s Good Books – Timi Frank
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank, claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors are the party’s major problem.
In a statement, in Abuja, Frank said that aside Governor Wike of Rivers State, many Governors in the opposition party are daily lobbying to be in President Muhammadu Buhari’s good books; hence they don’t speak on national issues affecting Nigerians negatively.
Reacting to a Media Report that PDP was planning to stage a nationwide protest against the Supreme Court ruling in Imo, Frank said the move is belated.
“PDP’s planned protest is medicine after death. Why didn’t they protest when the former CJN Onnogen was forcefully removed from office? Why didn’t they protest, when the last Presidential election was rigged in favour of APC by INEC and the Army? Why didn’t they protest, when the Supreme Court unjustly threw out Presidential Election appeal? Today, Nigerians are seeing the result of the forceful removal of Onnogen from the office. It’s a bit late for PDP to protest,” he said.
Frank condemned Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, who travelled last Friday to London with Buhari when his Imo Counterpart (Emeka Ihedioha) was removed as Governor.
Frank said that it is shameful that though PDP has 16 Governors, only one or two are committed to the party’s cause.
He said: “Some PDP Governors are the problem of Nigeria. Some of them go to the extent of lobbying the cabal to travel out with Buhari, to be in his good books. They are selfish, corrupt, over-ambitious and shameless.
“Some of them betrayed PDP during the last presidential election and gave APC 25 percent in their states in return for not being prosecuted after they leave the office and to win their second term.
“Aside Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, and sometimes Benue State’s Samuel Ortom, other PDP Governors are PDP by day and APC by night. They fraternise with APC, thereby rendering PDP incapacitated and unable to function properly or effectively playing the role of effective opposition.
“Nigerians are being taken for a ride by the APC administration, and the PDP can’t do anything to checkmate it because most PDP members, and especially some Governors, are compromised”.
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has described the planned increase in electricity and telecom tariffs as unconscionable.
The statement comes after the telecoms regulator last week approved the increase in mobile tariffs.
The federal government also recently said that plans were ongoing to increase electricity tariffs “over the next few months.”
However, Sani, who said the government’s plan is unreasonable, insisted that it should be halted.
The ex-lawmaker also expressed his support for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the scheduled protest against the government’s proposal, calling it a welcome development.
“The planned increase in electricity tariffs in the midst of poor power supply and the proposal to increase telecom tariffs is unconscionable and should be halted. The scheduled labour union protest is a welcome development,” he posted on X.
The United States President, Donald Trump, has revealed his decision to cut off all future funding to South Africa, citing poor treatment of “certain classes of people.”
Trump made this known on Sunday in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform.
According to Trump, South Africa was seizing land and mistreating some citizens without concern for the violations of their rights.
“South Africa is confiscating land and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY.
“I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!” Trump wrote.
Reports suggest that the American leader may be defending White South Africans, some of whom have alleged that the South African policy is unfair to them.
There are indications that the federal government will on Monday meet with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to stop the planned Tuesday nationwide protest against the 50 percent telecommunications tariff hike.
A reliable source familiar with the matter, who preferred anonymity, disclosed this on Monday morning, noting that the meeting between the NLC leadership and the federal government is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday.
The source said the meeting was a “dialogue on matters of national interest as it affects Nigerian workers.”
According to the source, it will be an inter-ministerial meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), purposely to resolve issues raised by the NLC concerning the federal government’s approved upward adjustment to telecommunications tariffs, which the NLC, its allies, and others are vehemently opposing.
This comes as the NLC is already mobilizing workers for a mass protest tomorrow (February 4) against the 50 percent tariff hike approval.
On Thursday last week, in a letter to affiliate unions and state councils, NLC General Secretary Emma Ugboaja urged them to mobilize other Nigerians to send a serious message to the government.
The planned protest follows the 50 percent telecom tariff approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on January 20, 2025.
The approval had sparked widespread rejection among telecom subscribers.
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