President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to vote out governors who performed below their expectations.
Mr Tinubu made the appeal during a meeting with some Islamic scholars on Thursday.
The clerics met the President to request the Federal Government to monitor the distribution of palliatives given to states to cushion the effects of removal of fuel subsidy.
But the President said he lacks the powers to give such orders, saying that governors are more closer to the people.
Mr Tinubu, however, said he could only appeal to governors to implement the orders given to them.
“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.
Mr Tinubu also disclosed that the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, would get more palliatives.
