Former National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has accused President Bola Tinubu of rewarding state governors for mismanaging public resources, alleging that their actions are undermining Nigeria’s democracy.
The former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Friday.
On Tuesday, the United States Embassy in Nigeria shared a report on how governors splurge billions on renovating government houses despite the economic hardship in the country, occasioned by the removal of petrol subsidy.
On Thursday, Tinubu urged the governors of the 36 states to invest more in poverty eradication and make Nigerians feel the impact of good governance.
Reacting to these, Lukman said, “Yes, the president has said the right thing, but what is he doing to ensure that governors do what they need to do?
“The president can do something, but what I see him doing is to reward them for doing the wrong things.”
Lukman said the 23 APC governors in the country, and their opposition counterparts in 13 states, have become arrogant and unaccountable to the people because they control 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 added that the Tinubu administration has been more focused on admitting opposition governors to the APC without any structure of accountability to the people who elected them. So far in 2025, Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Umo Eno, joined the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“For instance, 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.
“As far as I can see, the objectives of many of them are to be where they are and not to deliver services,” he said.
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