President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to vote out governors who performed below their expectations.
Tinubu made the plea during a meeting with a group of Islamic clerics on Thursday.
The clerics met the President to request the Federal Government to monitor the distribution of palliatives given to states to help ease the burden of the removal of fuel subsidies.
However, Tinubu explained that he doesn’t have the authority to order state governors around, stating that the governors are in a better position to be in direct contact with the people and handle the palliatives distribution.
“The people reside in the states. Even if I set up a panel, I will have to go through the governors and the local governments. We will continue to talk to the governors. Nigerians must hold them accountable.
“It’s unheard of that in a constitutional democracy; a president will sit here and give orders to states.
“I can only appeal to them to implement. The people reside in the states, and if the governor is not doing well, the people must vote them out,” he said.