My daughter worked for Buhari for 5 years without pay – Buba Galadima

A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Buba Galadima has slammed former President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly not paying his daughter during the time she worked for him.

Speaking on AIT’s Jigsaw program watched by Politics Nigeria, the politician said he was treated badly by the former president who was also his friend.

“We are friends and will continue to be friends, if I want anything from him, I will ask,” Galadima said about Buhari.

Continuing, he said his daughter had called the former president after they graduated from school and were unemployed for a long time.

“In fact let me confess to you on television, my daughter did NYSC, the one who lost her passport. That’s why she wanted us to go to Mecca to thank God.

He said his daughter searched for a job in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) but could not get one and decided to call the president.

Galadima noted his daughter and her sister at that time scrolled through his phone contacts,saw the president’s phone number and decided to call him.

According to him, the former president picked the call thinking it was him calling.

“Then they said they are my children and they were calling him because country hard.

“They said, Baba country hard oo! Our father cannot get any job for us oo! And he told us that you’re his friend,” he said.

To this, Galadima said the president affirmed that they were friends and the younger daughter further explained to the president that she could not get a job with the NUPRC

“He (the president) just asked, to call Komolafe (the DG of NUPRC) and give my friend’s daughter a job. That was why she wanted to go to Mecca – to thank God and even to thank Mr President,” the NNPP chieftain noted.

He explained that he worked for former President Muhammadu Buhari for 13 years while his daughter worked for four years.

“My daughter worked for him for four years and he instructed that she should not be paid salary.

“Let them bring any voucher where she was paid. She worked for Buhari for four years in Osinbajo’s office without payment,” he added.

Asked why his daughter was not paid a salary, Galadima advised the interviewer to go and ask former President Buhari.