The Federal Government has said that the failure of governance in three states controlled by the All Progressives Congress, APC, cost Nigeria billions of Naira and yet the opposition party is still instigating anti-government protests.
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, stated this on Wednesday while briefing journalists after the weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation.
Responding to questions from journalists, Maku said the Federal Government was spending a huge chunk of the nation’s income in maintaining security in the three APC controlled states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe mostly affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
Maku said despite the huge security spending by the Federal Government on those states, the majority of protesters accusing the government of not doing enough on security were APC members.
“Today, the Federal Government is spending huge chunk of its resources in maintaining security especially in the north east; yet they (APC members) constitute over 90 per cent of those protesting against the federal government.
“Look at the entire money we are spending is to maintain security in states controlled by the APC . So why do you come back and start playing politics?
“We are busy spending money to maintain security in those states, what have they done about it? Because 90 per cent of all insurgency is in states controlled by that party.”
The minister said that “Ninety per cent of those campaigning to bring back Chibok girls are also members of that same party (APC),” and also chided a section of the media for “looking the other way” and supporting the perpetrators of the insurgency.
“But the media look the other way. No, I think that honestly if we want this country to grow we must ask the relevant questions. The Chibok girls remain our number one priority, we will never sleep, we will not rest until God brings them out.
“We are the fire fighters, the Federal Government is a fire fighter. We did not create this insurgency or the structure that led to them, you know where they came from but you are now blaming the fire fighter for the fire,” Mr. Maku said.
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