By Kolawole Ojebisi
A Former governor of Jigawa State and a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of using propaganda as a “tool” for running his administration.
Lamido alleged that the “propagandist approach to governance” was started by Tinubu’s predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, to hide the true situation of the country from Nigerians.
The Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftain maintained that this action which amounts to a deliberate lack of transparency has left my Nigerians in the dark.
Lamido leveled the accusations when he featured on BBC Hausa service program ‘Gane Mini Hanya’, on Saturday.
He said this approach to governance adopted by the successive All Progressives Congress led administrations is a departure from what Nigerians witnessed during the reign of the PDP.
“Buhari’s and Tinubu’s governments are not being transparent with Nigerians unlike during the time when PDP was in power where everything was transparent and open to all Nigerians.
“But with the coming of Buhari, deception and propaganda became tools for running the government.”
Lamido also faulted President Tinubu’s loan requests, lamenting that “what the government is telling Nigerians is different from what it is executing.”
“If Nigerians are being told the truth then there is nothing wrong with that, but how would you budget N30tn, generate N50tn and then request loan when you have a surplus of N20tn.” he said, making reference to last year’s budget.
He further added, “This recklessness and clear-cut selfishness is not done anywhere in the world, but yet you find (some) Nigerians supporting it. Visit social media and see how APC is being criticised, being referred to as calamity, yet you find some protecting it.”
