Daniel Bwala, special adviser on policy communications to President Bola Tinubu, says state governors are enjoying a period of financial boom under the present administration.
Bwala spoke on Wednesday during his appearance on ‘Politics
Today,’ a Channels Television programme.
He said no governor is currently struggling to pay salaries
as was the case in the past.
“All the governors in Nigeria are having the best of times,
like they are experiencing what we call the oil boom in their history as a
country,” Bwala said.
“Twenty-seven states were once bankrupt, and salaries were
not paid. That is not a conversation now.
“It is almost like an anathema to talk about people not
being paid salaries because such a governor will be looked upon like Lucifer.
“There is revenue enough to pay salaries, there is revenue
enough to meet the minimum wage, embark on projects, pay debts, and look to the
future.”
Bwala’s remarks followed a statement by Uba Sani, governor
of Kaduna state, who said it would be difficult for any Nigerian governor to
oppose President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
“Moreover, no president in Nigeria’s history has supported
governors and sub-national governments the way President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is
currently doing,” the governor said on Tuesday.
“As a result, it is unlikely that any governor in Nigeria
would go against the president.”
Bwala also dismissed reports of a strong opposition coalition, insisting that the movement is “overblown”.
He added that only a few members of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) left to champion the coalition, while its governors and national
leadership stayed behind.
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