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The Presidency has said that fixing poverty in Nigeria is certainly the responsibility of the local governments because they are the closest to the people.


Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Economic Affairs (Office of the Vice President), Tofe Fasua, said this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

He said that was the reason president Bola Tinubu is advocating for local government autonomy.

“Fixing poverty is certainly a local government’s thing because local governments are the closest to the people.

“So the solution to poverty in Nigeria is actually at the local government level, and that’s the reason the President has advocated for local government autonomy, and has also ensured that the states are a lot more powerful now in terms of funding.

“I mentioned to you the fact that those days where civil servants will be owed 18 months, 12 months, six months, are gone. Pensioners are getting their money a lot, and I think that’s where it matters.

“In 1999, I used to go to many local governments in Lagos and I saw how local governments were working then.

“A lot of people were coming to the local government. The people who were really down financially, would go to the local government chairman on a daily basis and they were being settled,” he said.

Source: /https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/06/fixing-poverty-in-nigeria-responsibility-of-local-governments-presidency

Since tinubu become president did you hear of ASUU strike like before

adenigga:
The Presidency has said that fixing poverty in Nigeria is certainly the responsibility of the local governments because they are the closest to the people.


Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Economic Affairs (Office of the Vice President), Tofe Fasua, said this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

He said that was the reason president Bola Tinubu is advocating for local government autonomy.

“Fixing poverty is certainly a local government’s thing because local governments are the closest to the people.

“So the solution to poverty in Nigeria is actually at the local government level, and that’s the reason the President has advocated for local government autonomy, and has also ensured that the states are a lot more powerful now in terms of funding.

“I mentioned to you the fact that those days where civil servants will be owed 18 months, 12 months, six months, are gone. Pensioners are getting their money a lot, and I think that’s where it matters.

“In 1999, I used to go to many local governments in Lagos and I saw how local governments were working then.

“A lot of people were coming to the local government. The people who were really down financially, would go to the local government chairman on a daily basis and they were being settled,” he said.

Source: /https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/06/fixing-poverty-in-nigeria-responsibility-of-local-governments-presidency

Tinubu must be higher than the most with kolos.
What a bulaba

A government bereft of ideas and solutions points fingers and apportions blame.

A government bereft of ideas and solutions points fingers and apportions blame. It is not local governments that set economic policy, removes subsidies or determines benchmark interest rates. It is not local governments that set the minimum wage. A government of excuses.

Because he was the one sponsoring the strikes and protests before.

Amovingman:
Since tinubu become president did you hear of ASUU strike like before

adenigga:
The Presidency has said that fixing poverty in Nigeria is certainly the responsibility of the local governments because they are the closest to the people.


Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Economic Affairs (Office of the Vice President), Tofe Fasua, said this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

He said that was the reason president Bola Tinubu is advocating for local government autonomy.

“Fixing poverty is certainly a local government’s thing because local governments are the closest to the people.

“So the solution to poverty in Nigeria is actually at the local government level, and that’s the reason the President has advocated for local government autonomy, and has also ensured that the states are a lot more powerful now in terms of funding.

“I mentioned to you the fact that those days where civil servants will be owed 18 months, 12 months, six months, are gone. Pensioners are getting their money a lot, and I think that’s where it matters.

“In 1999, I used to go to many local governments in Lagos and I saw how local governments were working then.

“A lot of people were coming to the local government. The people who were really down financially, would go to the local government chairman on a daily basis and they were being settled,” he said.

Source: /https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/06/fixing-poverty-in-nigeria-responsibility-of-local-governments-presidency

I've noticed that this tinibu government is now shifting their responsibilities, to state and local governments. This is something they never accepted during Goodluck Jonathan's government.

Amovingman:
Since tinubu become president did you hear of ASUU strike like before

Why go on strike when many lectures are living in poverty and hunger because of failed Economy. How many lectures can afford decent cars now like in the past. They now live from hand to mouth and debts
Tell us thr salaries and what it can buy presently

After devaluing naira, increase inflation and reduce purchasing power, the bandits in babablu government are now blaming Local government for poverty.

Tinubu is a weapon fashioned against Nigeria.

Local Governments Autonomy

That's it.... Now the local governments must stand up to their responsibilities.
Local governments now received their monthly 🤑💰 💰 allocations directly from the federal government. So no more excuses for non performance.

Things have changed

The faaake certttifficcate hollldderr no get any iota of sense.

Which type of sense can come from this head except crimininality, snatching, grabbing and running away

Imagine! After all the fakeness, lies propaganda and hyping of lifting millions from poverty. So poverty alleviation was not one of the campaign promise of Tinubu anymore? You need to be senseless to defend this failed govt

CSU first class certificate forging master strategist is not shifting blame from his sensational failures by force. So sad this is the rogues administering a nation in a 21st century world.

DatNiggaDaz:


The faaake certttifficcate hollldderr no get any iota of sense.

Which type of sense an come from this gead

Receive sense

But a man who is a minister in ur govt is strangulation the local govt in his state.

BEFORE;
“No governor of a state in Nigeria is the chief security officer. Putting the blame on the governors, who have been effectively emasculated, for the abysmal performance of the GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTER which controls all these security agencies, smacks of ignorance and mischief..." Tinubu said as opposition leader in 2013..
https://www.thecable.ng/rewind-tinubu-bashed-obasanjo-in-2004-called-jonathan-mediocre-in-2013-over-emergency-rule/

TODAY:
"Presidency Blames Governors for Worsening Insecurity, Questions Push for State Police"

"Local Governance Failure Fuels Insecurity" - Tinubu
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/06/local-governance-failure-fuels-insecurity-

Racoon:
BEFORE;
“No governor of a state in Nigeria is the chief security officer. Putting the blame on the governors, who have been effectively emasculated, for the abysmal performance of the government at the centre which controls all these security agencies, smacks of ignorance and mischief,” he said as opposition leader in 2013.

TODAY:
"Presidency Blames Governors for Worsening Insecurity, Questions Push for State Police"

"Local Governance Failure Fuels Insecurity" - Tinubu
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/06/local-governance-failure-fuels-insecurity-

But today bwe have Local Governments Autonomy and state police 🚓🚨 ... So things are not the same anymore.
Everyone will have to sit tight.
That the new reality for all tiers of government.

So face it

lexylaw09:
But today bwe have Local Governments Autonomy and state police.So things are not the same anymore.Everyone will have to sit tight.That the new reality for all tiers of government. So face it

"On matters of security, THE BULK STOPS AT THE PRESIDENT'S TABLE. Like in other countries, Jonathan is the Chief Security Officer. Stop Boko Haram." ( Bola Tinubu Tweet April 14, 2014).

".....The pattern is now unmistakable. Every time a serious security threat emerges in any Nigerian state, President Bola Tinubu does not announce a federal intervention. He does not deploy new military battalions. He does not address the nation with a strategy. Instead, he waits. President Tinubu has perfected a political trick. And then the governors speak.

By forcing state governors to announce their own security measures, he achieves two things.
-First, he avoids the political cost of admitting that federal security has failed.

-Second, he creates a convenient scapegoat. If the drones do not arrive, blame the governor. If the forest guards are not trained, blame the governor. If kidnappings continue, blame the governor. The federal government remains untouchable, invisible, and useless......

"Presidency Blames Governors for Worsening Insecurity, Questions Push for State Police"

Thunder ⚡🔥⚡ Tinubu there

The federal government's real responsibility is the untold hardship, soaring inflation, the collapse of the naira, and the deepening poverty caused by its calamitous policies disguised as economic reforms.

When you run out of ideas, shifting blame becomes the only policy left. That seems to be Tinubu's playbook.

Let's wait for those who knew nothing about governance to be nagging about this

In other words, right now the federal government is exempted from any obligation (security, poverty, power supply etc). During Jonathan's time "the buck stops at the president's table", according to a certain someone

lexylaw09:
Receive sense

The sense you have received no pass this one below

It depends on the poverty level and the empowerment targets