Leader of the Oyo State chapter of the Social Democratic Party, PDP, Engr. Seyi Makinde has urged Muslims to use the ongoing Ramadhan period to remember the needy, especially “those in the various internally displaced people camps, those who have been deprived and the civil servants who are being owed several months of salaries during this recession not only in their prayers but also by sharing what they can afford with them.”
A statement by the party’s publicity secretary in the state, Alhaji Akeem Azeez stated that Makinde, who was the party’s governorship candidate in the 2015 election, “also used this period to felicitate with Nigeria on the 18th anniversary of our nascent democracy.”
Makinde was quoted as saying that Nigerians and Oyo State people deserve something better than what they are getting right now. “It is apparent that Nigeria and my beloved Oyo State are experiencing worst recession in the history of the country and the apparent lack of basic solutions to myriad of socio-economic woes by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is worsening the situation. It is a pity that our people would have to undergo this for the next 2 years,” declaring that ”SDP is prepared to salvage the situation with a New Deal (Omititun).
Makinde reiterated his commitment to ensure chains of misery are broken through welfare agenda of SDP.
