The All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, faulted the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, for blaming the Federal Government for the deplorable state of roads in his state.

The opposition party in the state also accused Obaseki of trying to blame his “incompetence” on the new administration of President Bola Tinubu.

“We call on Governor Obaseki to desist from inciting the people of Edo State against the administration of President Bola Tinubu. We urge Nigerians to be patient, as the process of transformation will soon kick off with the screening and swearing in of cabinet ministers, which is expected in the days ahead,” the APC said in a statement signed by the South-South Zonal Organising Secretary, Blessing Agbomhere.

The PUNCH had earlier reported that Obaseki, in a statement released through his Special Adviser on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, accused the Federal Government of being responsible for the deplorable state of federal roads in the state.

But the APC, in response, said the Edo governor had “found a convenient way of blaming for his total failure on the less than three-month-old administration of President Tinubu, which came into office with the road map of removing the burdensome fuel subsidy, which has become a huge drain on the meagre revenue of the Federal Government.”

The APC insisted that Obaseki, who took over power from a former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Adams Oshiomole, had nothing “to show in terms of achievement in his over seven years in office but is rather flaunting the landmark developmental strides of his predecessor.”