A former National Vice Chairman (Northwest) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Luman, has alleged that most Governors are not using the monthly allocations they get to develop their states.
He acknowledged that funds available to the states have improved since the coming of President Bola Tinubu, but most of the governors divert the funds for personal use.
Lukman, who has since defected to the coalition-led African Democratic Congress (ADC), also blamed President Tinubu for “rewarding” governors who mismanage and divert public resources.
Naijaonpoint reports that he made the submissions while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Friday.
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 added that the state governors have become increasingly arrogant to the people because there is no accountability from them.
“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.
He said instead of making the Governors accountable to the people and deliver dividends of democracy to them, the government of President Tinubu is more interested in getting opposition politicians to defect to the ruling APC.
“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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