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Salihu Lukman, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has criticised President Bola Tinubu for enabling what he described as financial recklessness by state governors.

Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, Lukman said that despite clear indications that some governors mismanage funds allocated to them, the president has continued to approve substantial disbursements to states without enforcing accountability.

“Yes, the president has said the right thing, but what is he doing to ensure that governors do what they need to do?” Lukman asked.

“The president can do something, but what I see him doing is to reward them for doing the wrong things.”

His comments follow Tinubu’s recent call for state governors to invest more in poverty alleviation and ensure that citizens feel the impact of governance. However, Lukman questioned the president’s follow-through, arguing that governors remain unaccountable because of their grip on party structures.

“Once we have a system where the structure of the party is subordinated to them, they will continue with this arrogance, and continue to be unaccountable and convert public resources as if it is their personal property,” he said.

Lukman also pointed to recent defections of opposition governors into the APC, suggesting the party’s recruitment strategy prioritises political expansion over accountability.

“When your recruitment policy in your party is blindly informed in a way that all you want is for people to come into your party without giving them the conditions that need to happen for them to be accountable to their people, the objectives of many of them become to be where they are and not to deliver services,” he stated.

He added that the APC had failed to live up to its promises, accusing its leaders of betraying the trust of party members. “In APC, we invested every trust in the leaders and at the end of the day, leaders betrayed that trust, and that is why APC is damaged today, whereby it is worse than the PDP,” he said.

Lukman said the ADC, which now serves as a platform for a broader opposition coalition, is aiming to hold political office holders accountable through party-led oversight if it wins power in future elections.

“The mistake many of us make is to imagine that leaders are rational and, left on their own, they will do the right thing. Our objective is to organise the party in such a way that governance is accountable to the party and aligned with the manifesto,” he added.

https://guardian.ng/news/tinubu-rewarding-govs-for-doing-wrong-things-says-ex-apc-chieftain-lukman/

Mynd44 Lalasticlala Nlfpmod

Tinubu is a failure come 2027 he will be given thorough beating

Only Tinubu supporters don’t know that he’s a one term President (OTP).

Where are the people who elected those governors to call them out. Must everything be about FG?

Did they start mismanaging funds today, Mr Lukman Salihu

When you were active in APC...did you complain...... abi na as dem don comot National cake from ur mouth na em you regain ur voice.

What kind of criticism is this?
So he should withhold their allocation so Una go fit call am tyrant abi? E e serious sir

ADC is not just coming but it's already here.

The time has come

He's doing all these just for the sake of 2027.

Does anyone know tommorow?

Not everyone would live to see 2027, that's the truth.

The president has no power to dictate to governors how to run their states....this is how they hype him until he removed a duly elected governor of Rivers state.....we practice dictator kind of democracy

helinues:
Please nairalanders, I'm desperately looking for a job. Any help will be appreciated.

Alright. Send your CV now let me see what I can do for you ok.

Noise everywhere by December 2027 all this noise go reduce.. reality go set again

Funny dude!
Who be this- Chieftain of Association Deformed Party?
toh

So the President should disobey the Constitution ?

God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

ADC be like that Zambian Female team wey dey make mouth like radio until our Supper Falcons knack dem 5 kodo. 😁😁😁

So, Tinubu shouldn't give them their allocation? What are the people of these states doing to hold their governors accountable.

This one go cry tire.....
He left apc because of greed. He wanted to become the National chairman

Kingpele:
The president has no power to dictate to governors how to run their states

He is equipping them to control them and also they could help him win elections, he robbed the people to pay the elites, as he is improvishing the people through his policies, he is channelling the gains to the political elites and all these for selfish reasons, he assumed its only the elites that matters, the formula he used in Lagos, he has exported it to the federal, let's see how effective this will be,he succeeded in Lagos, let's see if he will succeed in Nigeria

Apcshit:
Tinubu is a failure come 2027 he will be given thorough beating

You mean governor Alex Otti is financially reckless therefore, Tinubu is a failure. You forget to ask the man to mention those governors because of your hatred for Tinubu.

funding states for the next election. It's pathetic!

Do people understand separation of powers in Nigeria?

Hold your governors accountable. I would have seen this as a federal government issue if they are starving the states of funds. When are we going to learn to be accountable for our own issues?

I am a southerner but will rather vote a northerner who will do the right thing than a fellow southerner who is only "good at" politricks but know nothing about governance.

Ten years is enough time. There is nothing else we need to see about APC.

Let Tilimbu go and rest

surgical:
He is equipping them to control them and also they could help him win elections, he robbed the people to pay the elites,all for selfish reasons, he assumed its only the elites that matters, the formula he used in Lagos, he has exported it to the federal, let's see how effective this will be,he succeeded in Lagos, let's see if he will succeed in Nigeria

He equipped them but he has no control over how they use the resources. Let them deliver their promises to the people of their respective states.

Must we politicize every action? It is a cycle, you have elections and you have governance. We can't get stuck in election stage. The governors should deliver even as we continue to mount pressure on FG for better performance.

The APC is CORRUPT.
Tinubu is CORRUPT.

Where is the accountability and transparency concerning the 2.5 billion dollars BORROWED to fix the refineries? Who has been held accountable for that MASSIVE THEFT at a time like this? How has been held responsible for the 15 trillion ILLEGALLY printed through ways and means by the Buhari administration WITHOUT Legislative oversight? Is it just Emefiele? Second base jare.

But what were Nigerians expecting when they voted for an alleged drug trafficker and confirmed certificate forger 💯😏🤦🏾‍♂️

Amalekki:
Hold your governors accountable. I would have seen this as a federal government issue if they are starving the states of funds. When are we going to learn to be accountable for our own issues?

The federal government has the might ,because it suits them they are enabling it,you know the people can't do anything with the way Nigeria is arranged why push the responsibilities to them

They are simply impoverishing the people at the same pace

So who is this Northerner who will do the right thing among all the major political actors of today? Let's see his resume of achievements at local or national level.

TUCHELseaTeam:
I am a southerner but will rather vote a northerner who will do the right thing than a fellow southerner who is only "good at" politricks but know nothing about governance.

Ten years is enough time. There is nothing else we need to see about APC.

Let Tilimbu go and rest

How will he hold the Governors accountable, apart from moral suasion. I f he does otherwise, you will say he is a dictator. No constitutional power to do that.
If you dont like him say it but dont come and speaking r*bbish for the sake of being an opposition. Criticize with sense

surgical:
The federal government has the might ,because it suits them they are enabling it,you know the people can't do anything with the way Nigeria is arranged why push the responsibilities to them

Are you suggesting that the federal government should bypass the state government or keep the state resources at the barest minimum? We voted the state governors, their boundary of responsibility is smaller so they should deliver.

It is totally insincere on our part to blame the federal for empowering the states. Instead we should all raise our voices in demand for better performance at each state.

Nigerians beware
It is same zombies that are telling you to hold your leaders to account that will be sent to encourage the security agencies to shoot at sight if you dare to raise your voice against looters
Zombies are happy slaves suffering and smiling

You guys are just weeping ethnic and tribal sentiment yes I am not a tinubu fan but you guys didn't say anything when Buhari and emefiele was destroying Nigeria