APC stifling opposition parties – Makinde – Daily Trust

Allied Peoples Movement (APM) Presidential candidate and governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of stifling opposition parties.
Speaking on Tuesday in Uyo throughout the MakindeDaura 2027 Presidency South South Town corridor assembly, Makinde stated that previous to the 2023 Presidential elections, the APC had no foothold within the South South states, however after the election, the occasion went on the drive of stifling different political parties.
“I can tell you they are doing everything possible to ensure that the opposition does not unite. But I have news for them; I am here in the South-South area and I deal with data, with logic, with science.
“Out of the six states in this region, five were not APC. The day after the election, your mandate that you gave freely was taken to APC because of this administration. You have the time now to retrieve your mandate. Tell them who owns this region.
“I am one hundred and one percent sure that just like during the 2023 elections, this zone did not vote APC, they will vote APM in the next election,” he acknowledged.
The governor who defined that the federal authorities was endeavor enormous tasks and abandoning them alongside the way in which, stated the federal government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was complicating the lives of Nigerians with unrealistic insurance policies and tasks.
“You cannot keep complicating the lives of Nigerians. Everything from them is mega. They want to do a super highway. There is a Presidential Initiative for CNG, but it came to nothing. Naira for crude came to nothing. Has it translated to lower cost of transportation for millions of Nigerians?
“Now, they said they want to modulate the price of petroleum products, they want to modulate the lives of millions of Nigerians, they want to modulate the destiny of the most popular black nation on the face of the earth.
“Don’t complicate things and say, this policy, that policy. Give us the template. Once we have the template, we can point out the real figures and tell you how to make it work for millions of Nigerians,” he acknowledged.
Outlining that APM’s ‘Reset Agenda’ was hinged on training, financial development, safety, and federalism in Nigeria, Makinde stated although the South South area was wealthy in oil, the individuals are poor, including that the APM would guarantee financial development for Nigeria, submerged in abilities and information acquisition, and the whole decision of army coverage, amongst different issues.